Leonard Erdman and his custom purple lowrider Ford for the Wall Street Journal's car and motorcycle column, "My Ride." This shoot from summer 2021 made their list of the year's best! Read here.
My Ride: NYPD Motorcycle
Another contact I met through Ezy Ryders, Robert Preven displays his 1948 NYPD Indian Chief motorcycle in the Wall Street Journal column “My Ride.” We had a good shoot at Flushing-Corona Meadows Park in Queens on a freezing January day. Read here
My Ride: The Wall Street Journal column becomes a book
Two stories I photographed in 2018 are included in the compendium: motorcycle designer Jeffrey Scales with his custom Harley-Davidson and artist Kurt Stocker (my grandfather!) with his 1954 International Harvester pickup truck.
From Rizzoli: "New York Times best-selling author and popular Wall Street Journal 'My Ride' columnist A.J. Baime selects the one hundred cars, motorcycles, and other vehicles to fill the dream garage. Stunning photography and Baime's engaging essays celebrate everything drivers love about their cars--from technical specifications to satisfy gearheads to intangibles like a driver's relationship with his or her car--making it truly 'my ride.'"
Find the book online (Rizzoli/Amazon) and in stores beginning today, September 17th.
My Ride: Chevy Impala Lowrider
Online today/in print tomorrow in The Wall Street Journal: awesome lowrider couple Jeff Quintana and fiancée Yvonne Romero with their 1960 Chevy Impala, which they’ve restored to perfection. Even the engine and hydraulics are gold- and chrome-plated ✨ these two have some serious skills. And in the world’s low rider capital, too! Read here
Favorite Rides of 2018: The Wall Street Journal
"Part Harley-Davidson, Part 'Spaceship,'" which I photographed for the Wall Street Journal in the Fall of 2018, was included in their roundup of the year's best. Thanks photo editor Leah and reporter A.J.!
My Ride: Meatloaf's Custom Harley
Online and in print in The Wall Street Journal’s My Ride column, read about the talented Meatloaf, whom I met through my Ezy Ryders project. He customized this motorcycle himself from a Harley-Davidson Street Rod and the Tiffany blue spaceship purrs like a cat... Read here
My Ride: Photographing my grandfather
This was a blast. I got to photograph my grandfather, Kurt Stocker: the man who taught me how to drive on dirt roads in the mountains of Colorado when I was 12, taught me how to shoot a gun and change the oil in a car, and made me fall in love with the Southwest and New Mexico green chilies. Featured in “My Ride” with his amazing 1954 truck: read here.