THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO: PAUL NEWMAN

“WORE THE SUNGLASSES ANYWAYS”

As Told By: Chris Hardy

Written By: Justyne Gurley

PHOTO BY: CHRIS HARDY

PHOTO BY: CHRIS HARDY

1987

Sonoma, CA

This is Paul at Sonoma Raceway, and I was doing a story on him. He was ready to change into his racing gear and when he was getting dressed, he put his sunglasses on a chair and sat on them. He broke the lens. He just ended up putting the broken sunglasses on and leaned over, on top of the car, and said something to another guy involved with the event—looking at him like, “I just broke my sunglasses.”