Dive into the dynamic world of skateboarding with "Ed Templeton: Wires Crossed".
This captivating book, part memoir and part documentary, chronicles the DIY, punk-infused subculture of skateboarding from the 1990s to the early 2000s.
Ed Templeton, a two-time World Skateboarding champion and celebrated photographer, provides an insider's look through photographs, collages, texts, maps, and other ephemera from his journals.
"Wires Crossed" captures the raw energy and creative spirit of Templeton's image-making over the past twenty years.
It reflects the unique aesthetic of the skateboarding world he helped shape, offering a glimpse into a subculture in the making.
Templeton's work first gained recognition with the Beautiful Losers collective, and this volume includes much previously unpublished and unseen material.
The book explores Templeton's journey as an artist and the lives of professional skateboarders as they crisscross the globe, reveling in their rock star-like status and searching for new terrain to skate.
Interviews with fellow pro-skaters and friends provide compelling details about the pressures and pleasures of life on the road, and the obsessive pursuit of an art form—whether on their decks or behind the camera.
"Ed Templeton: Wires Crossed" is a must-have for skateboarding enthusiasts, art lovers, and anyone fascinated by the cultural impact of this vibrant subculture.
