Dogtown: the Legend of the Z-Boys - the Original Stories - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0964191644 ISBN 13: 9780964191648

Publisher: Burning Flags/Consafos Press,US, 2002

Synopsis

The acclaimed book that chronicles in words and pictures a decade in the lives of the Z-Boys, the group of underground surfers who turned the world of skateboarding on its head. Including the best of the DogTown articles originally written by C.R.Stecyk III for Skateboarder Magazine, and hundreds of never-before-seen images from the archive of Glen E Friedman, the book was made into an award winning documentary, and later on a film Kings of Dogtown.

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About the Author:

GLEN E. FRIEDMAN - Considered the most important photographer of his generation, Glen E. Friedman has been a unique documentarian since the age of 12, and soon thereafter his first published photo appeared in SkateBoarder magazine. Over the past 25 years he has photographed some of the most idealistic, interesting and rebellious cultural icons around, documenting the rise of the hard-core punk rock scene in the late 70's/early 80's with such bands as BLACK FLAG, DEAD KENNEDY's, MINOR THREAT and even producing the 1st album for SUICIDAL TENDENCIES (also from DogTown) and later the rise of rap music in the mid 1980's with groups such as PUBLIC ENEMY, RUN-DMC, and the BEASTIE BOYS. He was one of the first to publicize these groups nationally and many of his photographs are recognized as the subjects' definitive portraits. Glen E. Friedman has compiled images from his 25-year involvement within the rebelious cultures of skateboarding, punk and hip-hop music into two collections, Fuck You Heroes (1994) and Fuck You Too (1996). Selections from these books became the Fuck You All photography exhibit, which has toured internationally since 1997. In 1998 Friedman released The Idealist which showcases Friedman's unique perspective and asthetic. CRAIG STECYK III's role as a painter, photographer, graffiti-artist and journalist, played a pivotal role in spreading the influence of the Z-Boys throughout American youth culture. He has been working professionally in film and video production, as a writer, art director, production designer and photographer, since the late 1960s. In DogTown - The Legend of the Z-Boys, Glen E. Friedman says of Stecyk: "I personally credit this man as the single largest influence on my work. If I could consider anyone a mentor it would be him. Stecyk is a true artist and one of the most creative individuals I have ever encountered. The man is way beyond genius." and "Stecyk often credits me for uncovering and documenting some of the original radical energies of DogTown's skate heyday. But if it weren't for the instigation and inspiration of his articles, which so vividly told the story of our environment [and all included in this volume], I doubt that my life's work would have the influence it does.

About this edition

• Publisher: Burning Flags/Consafos Press,US
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0964191644
• ISBN 13: 9780964191648
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 240