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Deanna Templeton: Scratch My Name On Your Arm
Introduction by Stijn Huijts. Foreword by Ed Templeton.
For the past five years, Deanna Templeton has been photographing skateboard demonstrations, surfing competitions and other beachside congregations of kids in southern California. The photographs in Scratch My Name on Your Arm document a sexy trend emerging in Californian youth culture for getting famous surfers and skaters to autograph bare skin and underwear. Where once the autograph of an idol served primarily as a souvenir or keepsake (a scribble in a diary, on a poster or T-shirt), nowadays autographs on skin or intimate underwear have become the preferred method for drawing the attention of both the autographer and bystanders to one's scantily-clad self. In Scratch My Name on Your Arm, Templeton's black-and-white photographs record both an ephemeral form of calligraphy and body art and the burgeoning customs and styles of a subculture in the making.
The excellent Los Angeles book and record shop Family will host a double book launch, slideshow presentation and signing by Deanna and Ed Templeton, this Sunday, August 21 at 7:30 pm. The store is located at 436 N. Fairfax Ave (across from Canter's Deli). Ed Templeton will launch Teenage Kissers, published by Seems; Deanna Templeton will launch Scratch Your Name on my Arm, published by Schunck. Below are a selection of images from Scratch Your Name, which documents the peculiar new trend in which California teens have various brand logos stenciled on their bare skin and/or have famous surfers and skaters autograph their bodies. continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 8.75 x 10 in. / 132 pgs / 7 color / 127 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $50.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $60 ISBN: 9789490624064 PUBLISHER: Schunck AVAILABLE: 7/31/2011 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: *not available
Published by Schunck. Introduction by Stijn Huijts. Foreword by Ed Templeton.
For the past five years, Deanna Templeton has been photographing skateboard demonstrations, surfing competitions and other beachside congregations of kids in southern California. The photographs in Scratch My Name on Your Arm document a sexy trend emerging in Californian youth culture for getting famous surfers and skaters to autograph bare skin and underwear. Where once the autograph of an idol served primarily as a souvenir or keepsake (a scribble in a diary, on a poster or T-shirt), nowadays autographs on skin or intimate underwear have become the preferred method for drawing the attention of both the autographer and bystanders to one's scantily-clad self. In Scratch My Name on Your Arm, Templeton's black-and-white photographs record both an ephemeral form of calligraphy and body art and the burgeoning customs and styles of a subculture in the making.
