Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Photographic Stories
“IN-FOCUS: The Stories of IMS Photo” was an exhibit at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum (IMS). I was lucky enough to attend the member preview event thanks to my brother, who is a member of the museum.
The exhibition at Indianapolis Motorspeedway Museum (June 2022)
The official exhibit description from the museum’s website:
“IN-FOCUS: The Stories of IMS Photo” highlights the photographers of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Photo Department (IMS Photo) and their work. At 220-plus miles an hour, it is hard to keep up with an IndyCar, but the photographers of IMS Photo have the task of capturing a vehicle traveling the length of a football field in less than a second with extreme precision. Their cameras record scenes of determination, triumph, defeat, daring on-track passes, fan activity, and everything in between at the Speedway and NTT INDYCAR series races.
Guests can listen to stories from the photographers while surrounded by their work, learning what it took to capture the images on display. IMS Photo continuously adds to the photo department’s 110-plus-year-old archives, which is often a resource for the Museum and its exhibitions.
