Lee Klancher
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Lee Klancher is a photographer and writer who has contributed words and images to more than 30 books as well as dozens of national magazines including Men’s Journal, Draft,[1] and Motorcyclist.[2][3]
Lee is best-known for photography of collectible farm tractors that appears in his books and calendars. For one of his most ambitious projects, The Art of John Deere,[4] he built a custom 20x40-foot studio to photograph 30 rare John Deere tractors.[5] His books Red Tractors 1958–2013 and Red Combines 1915–2015 chronicle the history of farm equipment with an emphasis on the engineering, design and cultural influences that created them. His books have won several awards, including Benjamin Franklin Awards for the Adventurous Motorcyclist’s Guide to Alaska, Red Tractors 1958–2013 , and Red Combines 1915–2015 .[6]
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- ^ "Lee Klancher Tells of Old Farm Life With Photographs - Community - Farm Collector". Retrieved 2016-09-26.
- ^ "Riding and Reading with the Devil". The New Yorker. 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
- ^ Marks, B. (2013, November). Rise of the machines: Tractors and the end of rural America. Collectors Weekly. Available: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/tractors-and-the-end-of-rural-america/
- ^ Klancher, L. (2013). Red Tractors 1958-2013: The Authoritative Guide to International Harvester and Case IH Tractors. Octane Press. Available: https://www.octanepress.com/book/red-tractors/
- ^ Carlson, L. (2015, May). Fueling Success: What Makes Octane Press Proper. Independent Publisher. Available: https://www.ibpa-online.org/article/fueling-success-what-makes-octane-press-prosper/