Daniel Peirce is a professional photographer of motorcycles and cars for publication. He lives in Grapevine, Texas, USA.
The Up-N-Smoke Engine Project began as a creative study of vintage motorcycle engines. Soon it became an obsession, and finally a book, "The Fine Art of the Motorcycle Engine: The Story of the Up-N-Smoke Engine Project."
The photography in the book treats 64 different motorcycle engines as individual pieces of art. The story in the book is about what it took to bring an inspired idea to a tangible reality. The story is about the ups and downs of taking an art project and making it into a business and eventually a book. It's the coffee table book that reads like a bathroom book.