Skaters - (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p><i>Skaters</i> documents the thriving United States skateboarding scene through portraits made on location using a unique photographic method.<p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The portraits in <i>Skaters</i> compel the subject, the photographer, and the viewer to slow down. These images, created with wet plate collodion, offer an honest glimpse into the skateboarders' core being: pensive, tough, playful, anxious, distracted, and innocent. Even the plates of seemingly empty skate parks are in fact teeming with immense energy and motion, yet the skaters are moving too quickly to be captured with long exposures.</p><p><b>Jenny Sampson </b>earned a BA in Psychobiology at Pitzer College and has since dedicated her time to her photographic endeavors: wet plate collodion, traditional black and white photography, and commissioned portraits.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"...beautiful portraiture in a subculture usually defined by movement.", <br> - The Guardian, November 3, 2017<br> Also featured by: <br> Photo District News<br> Lenscratch<br> Huck Magazine <br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Jenny Sampson earned a B.A. in Psychobiology at Pitzer College and has since dedicated her time to her photographic endeavors: wet plate collodion, traditional black and white photography and commissioned portraits. <br>Lynn Cooper (og freestyle skater; skater historian, writer)<br>Joel Rice (writer; The Atlantic, Zzyzyva, McSweeneys and others)<br>Bret Anthony Johnston (award-winning writer, director creative writing at Harvard, skater enthusiast, documentary film writer)<br>
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