One of my take-aways from this thread is just how much Bicycle Guide emphasized excellent photography... even if it drove the subject a bit crazy or ate up a lot of time.
I suppose the photographer might have gone a bit overboard at times, emphasizing the composition and drama of a photo at the expense of depicting the actual truth of what was being photographed.
What's that old saying... "never let the truth get in the way of a good story"??

I poked through my scanned articles from Bicycle Guide and there were a few articles on the subject of framebuilding. One was titled "The Art of Steel", in the April 1996 issue. The purpose of the article was to look at the differences between lugged frames, fillet brazed frames, and tig'ed frames. It included photos of Peter Weigle and John Slawta (of Landshark). These photos don't look to be as heavily staged as those of Mr. Sachs... but I'm still curious if Mark B. or others can comment on where the photographer took liberties to make it look more dramatic.

The title page of the article:



Mr. Weigle at work:



Mr. Slawta doing his thing:



and a nice comparison of the internal details of the three techniques:



Bicycle Guide was an excellent bike magazine, and I do appreciate their fine work!


Steve in Peoria
(the full article is on flickr. Just search for "the art of steel")