Locals Only
by:
Steve Crist (author)
Hugh Holland (author)
One afternoon in 1975, a young photographer named Hugh Holland drove up Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Los Angeles and encountered skateboarders carving up the drainage ditches along the side of the canyon. Immediately transfixed by their grace and athleticism, he knew he had found an amazing...
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One afternoon in 1975, a young photographer named Hugh Holland drove up Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Los Angeles and encountered skateboarders carving up the drainage ditches along the side of the canyon. Immediately transfixed by their grace and athleticism, he knew he had found an amazing subject. Although not a skateboarder himself, for the next three years Holland never tired of documenting skateboarders surfing the streets of Los Angeles, parts of the San Fernando Valley, Venice Beach, and as far away as San Francisco and Baja California, Mexico.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781934429471 (1934429473)
Publish date: October 27th 2010
Publisher: Ammo Books
Pages no: 76
Edition language: English
This is a wonderful book that truly captures that magical period that existed only in Southern California in the mid 1970's. I grew up during this time period and my brother had used my skates to make his own skateboard, so I witnessed many similar pictures growing up. This is just a classic look a...
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