Templeton has been a professional skater for over 10 years, an absolutely unheard-of length of time in a world that regularly eats its own due to the commonality of injury and high burn-out rates. Throughout the years, he has kept a camera close by, documenting this eminently American subculture, producing a body of work that remains true to its subject matter. This is not a casual observer bent on imposing outside values, but rather a hard-core insider creating images based on familiarity and passion. Described by some as ...
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Templeton has been a professional skater for over 10 years, an absolutely unheard-of length of time in a world that regularly eats its own due to the commonality of injury and high burn-out rates. Throughout the years, he has kept a camera close by, documenting this eminently American subculture, producing a body of work that remains true to its subject matter. This is not a casual observer bent on imposing outside values, but rather a hard-core insider creating images based on familiarity and passion. Described by some as a Larry Clark-of-the-90s, Templeton's work deserves the same amount of attention here in the States as it currently enjoys in Japan and Europe, where this book originated.
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(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. With a Brief Text by Aurelie Voltz, and an Interview by Jerome Sans. ED TEMPLETON: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NEGLECT-SIGNED WITH A DRAWING. Signed with a Drawing by the Photographer. Rome, ITALY: Drago Arts & Communications, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. 103pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French and English. Designed by Ed Templeton. "A fixture of Los Angeles' skateboarding scene, Ed Templeton has been producing photographs and paintings documenting his life, tours, and encounters in the skateboarding world for ten years". A hefty artist's book cum exhibition catalogue from the man that brought us "Teenage Smokers", this was published in conjunction with the retrospective "Ed Templeton-The Essential Disturbance" at Paris' Palais de Tokyo. "The Age of Neglect" is a colorful, tour-de-force examination of skateboard culture, wayward youth, and teenage sexuality. With echoes of Larry Clark and Harmony Korine, this is one of the coolest, grittiest photo-essays we've seen in recent years. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon 2002 first Drago printing additionally SIGNED "Ed Templeton" WITH A PROFILE DRAWING in black ink on the front free endpaper. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least 18 years of age to order this item. 88-88493-02-6 Inventory Number: 026905.
