Crash Happy: A Night At The Bangers/Cafe Royal Books

Crash Happy: A Night At The Bangers: Grant Scott

United Nations of Photography Curator Grant scott spent a year documenting a group of banger car racers in South London back in 2000 and the work is now to be published in a book titledCrash Happy: A Night At The Bangers by the prestigious independent publishing company Cafe Royal Books.

The book is available from their website www.caferoyalbooks.com now.

All Cafe Royal books are published in limited editions of 150 copies priced £5.00 plus p&p.

© Grant Scott 2014

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