Projects & latest press coverage

 

Many thanks to CNN and its affiliates for featuring Joe Honda’s latest exhibition at the Jim Clark Motorsport Museum in Scotland.

The article, featuring eyewitness memories of the pioneering 1966 Indy 200 race, can also be found on Yahoo Sports, AOL, News8000, Kion TV, KESQ TV (Palm Springs CA), ABC 17 News, Local News8 (Idaho), ErieNewsNow, Kion46 News Channel (Salinas CA), KRDO TV (Colorado Springs)Keyt (Santa Barbara), KTVZ (Bend Or), and Lee News Central

 

To mark the centenary of the legendary 24 Heures du Mans race, Joe Honda’s work was on view simultaneously at La Maison Franco-Japonaise and the Fuji Motorsports Museum. Thank you to Robert E. Gerhardt of BLIND magazine for the coverage. 

 

Many thanks to Stephan Jarvis from Tokyo Weekender for his coverage of Joe Honda’s 24 Heures du Mans exhibition.

 

Joe Honda: 24 Heures du Mans

After three tours in Japan, we concluded our final 24 Heures du Mans exhibition at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong.

As 24 Heures du Mans race marks its centenary, an exhibition of Joe Honda's images -- held in parallel at La Maison Franco-Japonaise and the Fuji Motorsports Museum -- highlights an era that shaped the automotive industry.

 

Many thanks to 1611 — a finance bookazine for dreamers — for featuring Joe Honda’s art work in their “Confidence” issue. 

 
 

Poster: © Joe Honda, 2020

Exhibition: Remembering Japan’s Temple of Speed

Between March 1 to 31, 2021, Joe Honda’s rare and historic images from the historic 1966 IndyCar race in Japan were on show at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Hong Kong.

 
Emiko Jozuka is the director of the Joe Honda Archive.

Emiko Jozuka is the director of the Joe Honda Archive.

As seen in: Life in the fast lane — BCCJ Acumen interview

Emiko Jozuka sat down with Simon Farrell, the publisher of the magazine of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan, to talk about what she’s doing to preserve Joe Honda’s legacy and her vision for his archive going forward.

 
Jacky Ickx escapes from his burning race car at the Jarama circuit in 1970.

Jacky Ickx escapes from his burning race car at the Jarama circuit in 1970.

As seen in: The rebel photographer who immortalized motorsport — CNN STYLE

Joe Honda is Asia’s godfather of motorsport fine art photography. Over five decades, he documented the people, culture and technology at the heart of the global motorsport scene.

 
1GQ_Fujispeedway_JackieStewart_JoeHonda .jpg

In March 1967, with just $500, two cameras, and only a few words of English, Joe Honda embarked on a journey to Europe that would define the course of his life’s work.

1966-indy200-FujiSpeedway-JoeHonda

Honda’s images capture the human side of motorsport and transport viewers back to the 1960s.

joehondaphopioneer.jpeg

Approaching his subjects with a 50mm lens, this exhibition showcases images in stark contrast to the present era of racing.

1966 fuji speedway indy 200 chris amon

In 1967, Japanese photographer Joe Honda became the first Asian to capture the international motorsport scene. 

Joe Honda’s rare and historic images from the landmark 1966 Fuji International Speedway race were on show in Dec 2020 at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo.