The art of subtraction
Kamil Koźlarek on why less means more in automotive photography. A conversation about composition, silence, and the album that took four years to make.
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Ultrace by the Sea
Ultrace moved from Wrocław to Gdańsk. Notes from inside the first edition by the sea, with a Bentley drift car from Sharjah, two Lotec one-offs, Rusty Slammington paying a visit, and a Godzilla no one saw coming.
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Petrol and Iodine
A 1954 racing Spyder under the pines, a paddle out at sunset, and more than a hundred air-cooled Porsche at the foot of the peninsula. The fifth Hel Riders, and the unofficial start of summer.
The BMW 850CSi by David Hockney
David Hockney made the 850CSi see-through. The driver's legs, a dachshund, California green flowing over the bodywork. The 14th BMW Art Car, revisited.
Baked to Perfection
A bakery on the edge of Warsaw sent a painting to France and brought home a Le Mans one–two. The rapeseed art car worked.
What I Didn't Photograph at Concorso d'Eleganza
A first time at Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. Some cars stop you. Some moments stop the camera.
Daily Bread
How a Warsaw bakery became a Le Mans-winning racing team. The Śmiechowski family, succession in motorsport, and a new art car livery painted in Polish spring colors.
A Weekend in Frames
Two days inside a building that used to forge steel. Five halls, a hundred cars that don't usually meet, and the particular angle the light arrives at when the architect never planned for it.
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Japan Inside: Kazuki Ohashi – The Art of Breaking the Rules
Few cars ignite the imagination quite like the Ferrari Testarossa. Kazuki Ohashi chose an entirely different path, guided by his own sensibility, creative freedom, and a willingness to defy automotive convention.
Video by Christian Chrastev
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Baked to Perfection
A bakery on the edge of Warsaw sent a painting to France and brought home a Le Mans one–two. The rapeseed art car worked.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
From metal posters to metal body panels. Edward Ruszczyc built Displate, then started rebuilding Defenders, and now he's heading to Dakar 2027 in a Taurus. Driven Stories is going with him.
First Dance
A childhood dream rebuilt from an Audi Coupé into a Group B–inspired ur-quattro with an aramid body kit, 404 hp five-cylinder, and a roll cage. This is the story of its very first drive.
Łomianki - Tokyo
Stuttgart cars on a Tokyo expressway. Luftgekühlt 2026 turned a closed section of the K&K elevated road in Ginza into an open-air gallery of air-cooled Porsche. And there's a Polish thread running through it all.
The Brick That Flies
It all started with a wild project that was supposed to be Piotrek's personal car. It ended with him leaving his previous career behind and embarking on an extraordinary adventure.
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What I Didn't Photograph at Concorso d'Eleganza
A first time at Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. Some cars stop you. Some moments stop the camera.
Jakub Fischer
First Dance
A childhood dream rebuilt from an Audi Coupé into a Group B–inspired ur-quattro with an aramid body kit, 404 hp five-cylinder, and a roll cage. This is the story of its very first drive.
Patryk Kościelniak
Substance: More Than Just Cars
After a one-year break, Substance returned to Łódź with a new location, white balaclavas, and the kind of atmosphere you can't fake. A velodrome, a hundred cars, and a crowd that knows exactly why they're there.
Łukasz Dawczyk
The art of subtraction
Kamil Koźlarek on why less means more in automotive photography. A conversation about composition, silence, and the album that took four years to make.
Łukasz Dawczyk