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[Simon Davis]

I understand that Franco Zagari, the Italian motor racing photographer and author, has sadly passed away.

[Bjorn Kjer]

Sad to hear ! Many of his excellent pictures are in the book "Inside the Paddock".

Edited by Bjorn Kjer, 19 August 2012 - 14:56.

[fuzzi]

"Scuderia Ferrari" with Luigi Orsini is a masterly work. Then they produced "Maserati".

Ciao Maestro.

[proviz]

Another Orsini-Zagari landmark was their OSCA book for Nada.

RIP

Edited by proviz, 20 August 2012 - 05:48.

[Graham Gauld]

Franco Zagari was one of motor racings gentlemen. He lived quietly in the village of Budrio near Bologna where he kept his collection that had been built up alongside his father. In addition to their own photographs they bought the collections of a number of well known Italian racing photographers. Indeed his collection of early glass plates of motor racing - including 123 of the original Italian Grand Prix of 1920 held at Brescia - weighed something like 400 kilos. After his wife died and at the age of 70 he decided to stop printing up copies for books published around the world and sold his collection to Matt Spitzley who has preserved and catalogued most if not all of the collection over the past ten years. Franco did come back on the motor racing scene at the Monaco Historics a few years ago. Those of us who shared many a drink at his home surrounded by motor racing photographs will remember him as a true friend.

[Tuboscocca]

Franco Zagari was one of motor racings gentlemen. He lived quietly in the village of Budrio near Bologna where he kept his collection that had been built up alongside his father. In addition to their own photographs they bought the collections of a number of well known Italian racing photographers. Indeed his collection of early glass plates of motor racing - including 123 of the original Italian Grand Prix of 1920 held at Brescia - weighed something like 400 kilos. After his wife died and at the age of 70 he decided to stop printing up copies for books published around the world and sold his collection to Matt Spitzley who has preserved and catalogued most if not all of the collection over the past ten years. Franco did come back on the motor racing scene at the Monaco Historics a few years ago. Those of us who shared many a drink at his home surrounded by motor racing photographs will remember him as a true friend.

Tributes by Spitzley and Gauld on:

http://www.velocetod...gari-1930-2012/

Regards Michael