Fast Forward: Growing Up in the Shadow of Hollywood

Fast Forward: Growing Up in the Shadow of Hollywood by Greenfield, Lauren. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781861540669.

Lauren Greenfields acclaimed Fast Forward is a powerful look at Los Angeles youth culture and its influence on the rest of our society. From the affluent children of the Westside to the graffiti gangs and party crews of East LA, young Angelenos reckon with an overwhelming barrage of advertising and entertainment images emphasizing money, possessions, and eternal youth. This collection of 79 color photographs, accompanied by interviews with the children and their parents, reveals the realities of growing up fast in a culture that is at once irresistible and unforgiving. A compelling precursor to Greenfields widely praised Girl Culture, Fast Forward is a telling document of the direction in which todays ultra image-conscious culture is pointed.