The Finish Line Portrait Project

I've has been making high-quality portraits of 100-mile race finishers as a long-term documentary project since 2004.

I'm uniquely qualified to execute these documentary portraits, based on my knowledge of the sport with its conventions and customs. I've finished 9 100-mile races between 1991-1998, three of them at the Angeles Crest 100-<o;e Endurance Run.

This project is purely voluntary. The eventual goal is a book, with gallery shows in between. If you like what you've seen, please sign a standard model release form. Then mail it back to me. If you know your bib number, and remember who you're standing with, write it on the back of the form.

Thanks again to the ultrarunning community—the runners, the race directors who let me set up at the finish lines, the friends who have all given freely of time, advice and technical expertise to make all this possible.

—Larry Gassan

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(below) Andy Jones-WIlkins (center) flanked by pacers Bruce Hoff & Andy Roth. Jones-Wilkins had just finished 3rd in the 2004 Angeles Crest 100. He was less than an hour from checking into a critical-care unit with an extreme case of rhabdomyolysis. He made a full recovery within two weeks. His wife was not happy with the CCU detour, but was glad to get him back.