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The Ad Man Behind Your Favorite Land Rover Advertisements

Via Ad Patina

Sometimes buying the watch and a handful of straps is not enough. We seek out other things that accompany our NWA (It?s the collector gene in us all). It could be a book about the brand’s history, a magazine with an article about the watch or a vintage ad. If you?re interested in the latter, look no further than @adpatina on Instagram who specializes in tracking down these vintage ads and frames them so that they?re ready to display from the moment you unpack it. Watch ads aren?t the only thing you?ll find as he also has a handful of vintage Land Rover ads as well. Reading the tagline and looking at the photos on each LR ad, you can?t help but feel a bit adventurous. Nick Federowicz aka @adpatina had the chance to interview Allen Richardson, the man behind the iconic Land Rover ads and through their conversation, we get an inside look on what the actual process is to get the ads made, close calls in the field and what is Richardson?s shooting styl...