Endurance: Down and Dirty Off-Road Racing

Description

In an age where many high-adrenaline sports have become watered-down marketing exercises, dirt bike racing remains intensely raw, a dangerous enterprise populated with a colourful, profane cast of daredevils. Ortolani applies an artist's eye to this unforgiving sport and those who pursue it, resulting in an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes window into this punishing competition. Endurance also charts Nathan Kanney's ascent from underdog to KTM Factory Team rider, an achievement that required beating world champions riding bikes three times the cost of his.

Theresa Ortolani is a Brooklyn-based photographer.She received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts atBoston University and was awarded a Sojourner TruthFellowship for graduate studies in Photography. She hastaught, developed, and directed photography programs inconjunction with the Ansel Adams Center, the San FranciscoArt Institute, NYU, and SUNY. Her work has appeared inseveral magazines, including Best Life, Blueprint, BUST,Travel & Leisure, and WWD. Ezra Dyer is a journalist who covers cars for Men's Journal,Esquire, The New York Times, anAutomobile Magazine,among other publications. A multiple International AutomotiveMedia Awards-winner, Dyer earned a 2008 Folio Eddie Awardgold medal for his Automobile feature story on the Smart Car. Eddie Brannan is the Creative Director of CITY Magazine.One of the founding editors of Trace Magazine, he went onto become Creative Director of The Fader, BlackBook, andSPREAD ArtCulture magazines. He's a contributing editor toBig and Big Man magazines, and has worked on advertisingand branding projects for clients including AlexanderMcQueen/Puma, and Lexus. CITY Magazine Design Director,Alexander Wolf, joins him in the design of Endurance.