Having worked as a photographer for over 30 years, in 2013, Indira Flack decided she needed a new challenge. After photographing various people from politicians to actors, Flack felt it was time to put those in the motorsport world in front of her camera and created the Great British Racing Drivers Exhibition. Her work was unveiled towards the end of 2019 with portraits of 121 of the UK’s most inspirational and successful racing drivers. I spoke to her about her interest in photography, her project and her hopes for the exhibition.
After leaving school at the age of 16, Indira began a 2-year art foundation course. “It was brilliant, it was very broad and included photography. I really enjoyed photography but it never even entered my head to make it a career,” she said. However, Flack’s love of sport was also something she had never considered would become part of her future career. “I’ve always been interested in sport, I played netball for my school and hockey for my house. I loved watching lots of different sports on TV and listening to Murray Walker’s commentary. The Lombard RAC rally used to zoom past our house in Worcestershire in-between stages which was always exciting but I didn’t have a particular interest in motorsport,” she explained.