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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Last Days of Summer: California Skateboarding Archive 1975-1978

Last Days of Summer: California Skateboarding Archive 1975-1978

Holland, Hugh
Fairey, Shepard
Owchar, Nick

Hardcover

General PhotographyPhotographers

Publisher Price: $60.00

ISBN10: 1797232312
ISBN13: 9781797232317
Publisher: Chronicle Chroma
Published: Sep 17 2024
Pages: 320
Weight: 4.80
Height: 1.30 Width: 9.40 Depth: 12.20
Language: English
Explore the captivating world of 1970s California skateboarding through Hugh Holland's lens in Last Days of Summer. This complete archive, enriched with many never-before-seen images, an introduction by acclaimed artist Shepard Fairey, and extensive interviews, unveils the evolution of a legendary subculture and the photographer who documented it all.

From 1975 to 1978, Hugh Holland immortalized the burgeoning subculture of skateboarding in California, photographing young sidewalk surfers on the streets of Los Angeles, parts of the San Fernando Valley, Venice Beach, and as far away as San Francisco and Baja California. In four short years, he documented the rise of the sport before it became officially sanctioned and permanently changed by commercialization, brand sponsorships, and safety precautions like helmets and knee pads. In hindsight, this time period held a wild and free innocence that Holland captured beautifully.

His images, from suburban backyard haunts to the asphalt streets that connected them, still resonate as an important document of this time and place where legendary Dogtown and Z-Boys skateboarders were just beginning. With their requisite bleach-blond hair, tanned bodies, tube socks, and Vans sneakers, these young outsiders are masterfully captured against a sometimes harsh but always sunny Southern California landscape.

While many of Holland's iconic images are well-known and beloved, Last Days of Summer uncovers unseen gems to create an ultimate must-have collection. Internationally acclaimed artist Shepard Fairey's foreword speaks to the cultural significance of Holland's work, and writer Nick Owchar's extensive interviews with Holland and well-known skateboarders and visual artists, including the legendary Danny Kwock and Ed Templeton, underscores how this photographic time capsule of California youth culture still inspires today. Comprehensive and gorgeously packaged, this is the ultimate coffee-table book for any fan of skateboard culture, vintage photography, and California history.

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