Richard Meftah -
Motorsports Photography
Ever since photographing his friends at a track-day
at Donnington Park in 2005, Richard has been utterly fascinated with the art of motorsports photography.
Over the last ten years, Richard has developed a significant portfolio of work from documenting a vast spectrum of different car and motorbike racing events around the UK.
He has covered everything from small club-racing meetings at his local circuit at Oulton Park in
Cheshire, to rounds of the Moto Grand Prix World Championship in Barcelona, Valencia and in the UK.
In 2008, Richard was appointed as the official team-photographer for the British Superstock racing team, NCT Racing.
Their rider line-up included:
veteran British Supersport rider Lee Jackson, Isle of Man TT specialist Conor Cummins and the incredibly talented young Irish racer, David Haire.
During this season, Richard accompanied the team around the country throughout every round of the 2008 British Superbike Season and also accompanied them
to the 2008 Isle of Man TT.
Richard’s motorsport photography draws inspiration from the works of world-renowned bike photographer Stephen Davison and acclaimed Formula One Photographer, Darren Heath.
Influences from these two expert photographers can be seen in Richard’s approach to photography.
The un-posed and candid nature of Davison’s work is seen in Richards photography of people and the influence of the artistically creative use of slow shutter speeds and shallow depth-of-field from Darren Heath’s
work can definitely be seen in the creative approach to Richard’s photography.
Richard’s ambition is work with a motorsport team as their official photographer during the 2015 racing season with the intention of producing a book to document the team’s journey throughout the 2015 racing season.
Not just to capture their action and success on track,
but also to document the events behind the scenes
that define a season in motorsport, the emotions, the highs and the lows, the smiles and the tears.
Creating an intimate and powerful documentary of the spirit that is so evident in a successful racing team.