Teenager's perspective photos bring model cars to life in new book:
All of this output is the product of his extreme interest and drive."I spend hours in my workshop every single day, painting and rebuilding my models—some of them I take apart, paint, and rebuild them with modifications, or make them look rusty," he said, referring to his collection of 1:24 and 1:18 scale die-cast cars, which he poses in his images. His extensive collection, organized on glass-fronted shelves in his family’s house outside of Seattle, numbers over 3000.
This can include complex concepts that can take months to complete. For example, last summer, he conjured up a series based around school parking lots."I researched area schools and the years they were built," he said."My idea was to do the evolution of the school parking lot through the decades." He’s almost done with that series, though he still has to complete the 2010s, the 1890s, and our current times.
He’s well on his way. He already owns a 1957 Ford Custom 300 that was given to him two years ago by a fan of his work. A local car club threw a big parade when he brought it home."Ever since then, we have been taking it to car shows and car cruises. I have big plans to fix it up and make it