GLEN E. FRIEDMAN

Sometimes...

when I need a little inspiration

I'll hit the bookshelf and check

a book by

Glen E. Friedman.

You might not know who he is.

But if you're a child of the 80's

you've seen his photographs.

ESPECIALLY

if you were into

skateboarding

punk rock

and 

rap.

Mr. Freidman shot all 

that was cool in those days;

Like...

The Dogtown Boys:

Black Flag:

Run DMC:

And 

of course

The Beastie Boys:

Not to mention

Ice T

Fugazi

Tony Alva

L.L. Cool J

Public Enemy

Stacy Peralta

Bad Brains

and any

other

band/rider

with a

rebellious streak.

 Henry Rollins

(lead singer of Black Flag)

said this about Mr. Freidman:

The bottom line is that he was there at the beginning of 

so much cool stuff in so many different areas it's not funny.

Yeah.

For me,

his pics are a 

lightning bolt

that's struck

a single moment of

attitude.

It might not be pretty.

But there's 

always a

feeling of

movement

edge

and 

grit

in front of 

his lens.

If you like that kinda stuff,

pick up 

THIS

It rocks.