Hairdos of Defiance (*signed*)

@ Templeton, Ed

978-099982980-6

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Presentation by Deadbeat Club:

" « An explosion of spiked fluorescent pink hair precariously balanced atop a young girl's head, eyes painted black in the shape of an Egyptian goddess, slender neck choked by a black leather dog collar ringed with metal thorns, a ripped-up t-shirt barely concealing the flesh of her breasts: it had the same shocking effect on a family walking along London's King's Road in 1977 as it did on the explorers encountering the Pawnee Indians in 1541, something exotic and strange to behold. Having a punk hairstyle was a way to spit in the eye of polite society, to rebel and depart from the prevailing fashion trends. It was an emblem of non-conformity and a hairdo of defiance - until it wasn't. »

    -- Excerpt from On Mohawks by Ed Templeton

From Disneyland to Detroit, Spokane to Scotland, Hairdos of Defiance highlights Templeton’s encounters with iconic punk-rock plumage across two decades and two continents. Shot on film, the portraits in Hairdos of Defiance track this ubiquitous expression of individuality on friends and strangers.

In the accompanying essay On Mohawks, Templeton reflects on the evolution of the mohawk, from its origins in indigenous culture to its emergence as a punk identifier, to its co-option by the mainstream, to its significance in his own life as an outsider kid growing up in suburbia. "

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Copies SIGNED (with drawing) by Ed Templeton!

68 pages - Hardcover

Deadbeat Club, 2018

Format : 18 x 22 cm

*Signed*

New - Mint condition

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Templeton, Ed

Ed Templeton is an American photographer and painter based in California. Before his artist career, Ed had an international career as one of the first professional skaters. Ed Templeton photographed the world of skate, his friends & family, and street scenes since his teenage years. His first book "Teenage Smokers" dates from 1999 (Alledged Press). He has since published many acclaimed photobooks, including "The Golden Age of Neglect" (Drago, 2002), "Beautiful Losers" (DAP, 2004), "Deformer" (Anthem / Damiani, 2008), "Litmus Test" (SUper Labo, 2010), "Teenage Kissers" (Seems Books, 2011), "Adventures in the Nearby Faraway" (Editions Bessard, 2015), "Loose Shingles" (B-Sides Box Set, 2018), "Hairdos of Defiance" (Deadbeat Club, 2018). © L'Ascenseur Végétal when Ed visited our Bookshop / Gallery in Bordeaux (2016)
  • .Last copy.Presentation by the artist: "26 miles across the Pacific Ocean from the tangled mess of humanity that is Los Angeles and Orange County sits an island paradise called Santa Catalina where time has stood still and visitors can experience what California was like before the Europeans sailed in. Adventures in the Nearby Far Away is a photographic...

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  • Presentation by B-Sides Box Set: "Loose Shingles displays alternate photos and outtakes from Templeton's many projects over the last few decades, including Teenage Smokers, Teenage Kissers, and other editorial and street shots. This « Box Set » also includes a new element, as Ed Templeton has hand drawn the backs of each photograph which provides more...

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  • .Currently unavailable. Presentation by Ed Templeton on the publisher's website: "The subject Teenage Smokers has always fascinated me. When I was young, for a very short period I thought it might be « cool » to smoke. I ripped a piece of paper down to the size of a cigarette and pulled some grass from our front lawn and rolled it into the paper and lit...