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_LOCALS ONLY IS THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE 70’S CALIFORNIA SKATE SCENE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE DROUGHT WHICH LED TO AN EXPLOSION NOT ONLY IN BOWL RIDING BUT ALSO IN THE SPORT OF SKATEBOARDING.
“ONE AFTERNOON IN 1975, A YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER NAMED HUGH HOLLAND DROVE UP LAUREN 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 SKATEBOARD 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.”
AWESOME BOOK FOR SKATE AND SURF FANS, LOVERS OF SOCAL CULTURE OR 1970’S STYLE & PHOTOGRAPHY.
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