Philippe Ledru – Signed Photo – Jackie Stewart – Formula 1 Motor Racing

Philippe LEDRU (1942), French photographer
Jackie Stewart
Lithographic photo on art paper. Later print, numbered 7/10, captioned, dated and signed. Superb portrait of the legendary Jackie Stewart dated 1971 on a Formula 1 circuit. Image: 45 x 31.2 cm Sheet: 55 x 40 cm
Jackie Stewart is a Formula 1 legend, having reached the podium 49 times, 17 pole positions and 15 best laps in the race. During his career, he scored 360 points in the Formula 1 world championship and achieved the world championship title three times. He decided to end his career abruptly on the eve of his hundredth participation, on October 6, 1973, following the death of his teammate François Cevert, during practice for the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. Philippe Ledru born in 1942, French photographer. After working for UNESCO, he decided to become a professional photographer and went on a reporting trip to South Africa, Angola and Mozambique. He joined the Sygma agency in the early 1970s. He left to capture events in Indonesia and Cambodia. In the 1980s, he regularly covered film festivals in Cannes and Deauville. His photo reports are regularly published in major French and international magazines.