Josh Kurpius
Josh has been involved in the arts in one form or another his whole life. In college his main focus was metal working and jewelry but in his third year he received a camera as a gift and decided to move to downtown Chicago to further his education in photography. In 2006, Josh graduated from Columbia College with a BFA in photography. He always had an interest in old cars and it wasn’t until his twentieth birthday when his ol’ man let him take out the 69′ flh for his first ride, that his love for the motorcycle grew. Josh always kept photography and iron separated. His main focus was commercial and fine art photography but it was only natural for him to end up in the custom motorcycle and hot rod world. He began shooting and still shoots for himself. The focus never was to have work published in the motorcycle publications. He just starting shooting the way he knew was best and things started to move rather quick. Josh now contributes to pretty much every American motorcycle magazine, as well as a handful of traditional hot rod publications and rags all over Europe as well. He doesn’t want to be known as just photographer but some one that lives the motorcycle life style. He’d rather be complimented on his riding skills than the images he creates. Life as a freelance photographer can be hard and Josh says if it wasn’t for all of his great friends in the industry he couldn’t continue doing it. All he needs is some peanut butter, a Mexican blanket and a bunch of great friends to tear up the road.
