The photographer speaks for 12 hours of Sebring on the 112-year-old camera

The 12 Hours of Sebring — the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship — was held on Saturday and, like a lot of endurance races, there’s a lot of time to fill from a broadcast point of view.

Sure, there are going to be tons of on-track battles, but there will also be some downtime, so the Peacock crew needed some interesting things to cut to in the event of a lengthy caution or something, and they had a good one that totally blew my mind to pieces.

Now, whenever you watch a race, you’ll see tons of photographers snapping away trying to get some pictures. They usually have some pretty high-tech equipment because, if you think about it, photographing a speeding race car is kind of a tough thing to do.

However, when they talked to Josh Paul, a photographer who also specializes in shooting Formula 1, there’s something you’ll notice immediately.

That his camera is pretty damn old.

In fact, it dates back to 1913.

That’s cool (I was a little disappointed it didn’t have the little sheet to hide under), but what I thought was even cooler was why Paul said he has been shooting like this for 20 years.

“Images are so disposable,” he said. “You take a picture of a race, you throw it on Instagram or throw it away. When you see these pictures, you’ll be confused about when they were taken. So, it’ll feel like the ‘50s or ’60s, or even the ’40s with these old lenses. 

“I’m trying to make lasting images that you’re not going to just flip through on Instagram or throw it away, that you might want on your wall regardless of what race it was, when it was taken, [or] Who won or lost. “

Now I understand that there will be a little irony that I will show you these pictures on Instagram, but look at the photos he took.

This is incredible.

Photography is a kind of lost art because we all have cameras, but Paul does some impressive things.

I also like what he said about how he works. He not only shoots thousands of pictures in the hope of snapping a good one.

“Maybe I will shoot 100 or 200 all weekend,” he said. “And there is something to say to show reluctance. If there is a picture, I take it up. If there is no picture, I look and enjoy it.”

Forget photography, I think that's a pretty great way to live life.

Simply great stuff and hats in front of Pfau because he put Josh Paul and his work into the spotlight.