We've been trying to get a hold of this book for a while. It was breifly available stateside a couple years ago, and we had to go trans-national to get these copies. Skater-artist Ed Templeton has become a mini-celebrity for his low budget style of art and candid photography. This book focuses on the latter with a striking collection of shots of friends, injuries, nudes (lots of his wife, i'd hit it), teenage life (including parts of his award winning teenage smokers series), sex, and more bugged perspectives. If you ever read skate mags, and were curious about Ed Templeton's shit, this is a direct in. I normally hate artsy-fartsy shit, but this is gripping. 100 pages, color and black & white.

reviewed by mgmnt