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Rediscovered Photos From the 1970's Hollywood Skate Scene
Photographer Hugh Holland was in the right place at the right time, he says. That place was LA and the time was 1975. "Skateboarding was happening in many places, but not like in California," he says over the phone from LA, where he still lives at 74. "To me, it seemed like this was the center of everything." Hugh's photos of long-haired, golden-skinned kids gunning down Hollywood's hills and tearing up its boulevards document the very origins of skate culture.
Over the course of three years, Holland took thousands of photos of the scene as it changed from an unruly after-school activity to a professional sport, complete with competitions, endorsement deals, and helmets. Glowing with late-afternoon California light, the images sat unsorted in boxes at his house for decades. But earlier this month, they went on show at Blender Gallery in Sydney (Hugh: "So many of these Australian surfers looked just like the kids in my pictures!"). And Hugh is still sifting through his crates.
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Pattie during her exhibition at the Blender Gallery in Sydney for her photo exhibit, “Through The Eyes Of A Muse: The photography of Pattie Boyd” - 5 December 2009 Photo Credit: Peter Carrette
Merri Cyr’s photos of the legendary singer are showing at Sydney’s Blender Gallery. We speak with Cyr about chronicling Buckley’s life on and off stage.
Sydney's Blender Gallery is showcasing some unseen photos of singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley, 20 years after the release of his album Grace, and his biographer reflects on Buckley's untimely death and lasting musical legacy.
Unseen Jeff Buckley photos reflect on singer's legacy 20 years after Grace
Sydney's Blender Gallery is showcasing some unseen photos of singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley, 20 years after the release of his album Grace, and his biographer reflects on Buckley's untimely death and lasting musical legacy. Click here to watch video: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-22/unseen-jeff-buckley-photos-reflect-on-singers/5691152?section=nsw
Perhaps part of the enigma of the late musician Jeff Buckley is that apart from the music and the photographs, little is known about him. Friends and professionals have kept quiet about their friendsh
These guys called me today from a live morning radio station in Sydney, right about the time when I was making my coffee and getting ready to set off to shoot a podcast event at the Apple store. Not the best at radio... my brain and mouth are hardly ever in sync...guess I have to learn to relax.