Fuck You Heroes: Glen E. Friedman Photographs, 1976-1991

Fuck You Heroes: Glen E. Friedman Photographs, 1976-1991 by Glen E. Friedman. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780964191600.

Now in its fifth printing, Fuck You Heroes is photographer Glen E. Friedmans uncompromising look at the radicals of youth culture in the extreme worlds of skateboarding, punk and rap. From day one behind his camera, Friedman has had an unerring ability to be in the right place ahead of everybody else. He was a teenaged photographer for Thrasher and Skateboarder magazines, he created the seminal one-hit punk fanzine My Rules, worked with Black Flag and Suicidal Tendencies in their early days, wrote for Maximum Rock & Roll, did street promotion for Def Jams west coast office and shot sleeve photos for everyone from Minor Threat to Public Enemy. This book presents the photographic distillation of Glens ethic: its about the perfect shots of the people who live by the touchstones of intensity and integrity.