Mike Blabac is one of the preeminent skateboardphotographers of his
generation. His career has been builton a strong work ethic, a
small dose of good fortune, and anundying love for riding on a
small board with four wheels. Hisparents gave him his first camera
at age 13, but he didn'tgrasp the full power of photography until
he started lookingat skateboard magazines. In the early 90s, Blabac
caught hisfirst break. He began taking pictures of a rising skater
namedJosh Kalis, and an image off the first roll he shot ran as
afull page in TransWorld SKATEboarding magazine. Soon after,Blabac
moved to California, where his career took off. Hebegan shooting
spreads and covers for the top skateboardmagazines, including
Thrasher and Skateboarder, andeventually became staff photographer
for Mad Circle and GirlSkateboards. In 1999, Blabac joined friends
Ken Block andDamon Way and helped to shape the image of their
rapidlyexpanding skate shoe company, DC Shoes. J. Grant Brittain is
a legendary skate photographer andfounding photo editor of The
Skateboard Mag, a groundbreakingpublication he helped launch in
2004, andTransWorld SKATEboarding, the largest circulation
skateboardingmagazine in the world. Over his career, Brittain
hascaptured nearly all of the best skateboarders of the lastthree
decades in hundreds of classic photographs. Jake Phelps is the
longtime editor of Thrasher magazineand one of the most colorful
characters in the skateboardingindustry. Never one to shy away from
controversy, Phelpsembodies his magazine's f*** you attitude,
maintainingthat skateboarding is an art and a lifestyle without
rules orauthority figures to decide what is right or wrong.
Yolanda Cuomo graduated Cooper Union with a BFA. She currently
resides in Weehawken, NJ. Cuomo is an experienced art director and
avid educator. Cuomo works collaboratively with her clients and
artist friends, which include, Richard Avedon, Paul Simon, Twyla
Tharp, Laurie Anderson, Gilles Peress, and Sylvia Plachy to develop
memorable and meaningful cultural and commercial projects. She has
also worked with globally known publications and museums such as
Aperture Magazine, Life Magazine, Food & Wine Magazine, and The
Whitney Museum. Cuomo also teaches courses on design and
book-making in the Department of Photography and Imaging at New
York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
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