Lucien Clarke – Interview in Sidewalk.

I don’t have a copy yet, but Lucien has an interview in the Jan 2010 issue of UK’s Sidewalk Magazine. Got lucky enough to squeeze 2 photos of mine in. Will post tear-sheets when available… I haven’t forgotten to post the rest of the Texas photos either, soon to come [pinky swear.]

Kickflip

Frontside noseslide

Details
[kickflip]
Kodak E100VS
Bronica SQ-A with fisheye 1/125th @ ~f5.6?
1x Lumedyne 200w/s Action Pack far camera right.
1x Quantum Q flash @ 1/4th power camera diagonally in front to the left.
1x Nikon SB800 @ 1/4- Camera left, slightly in back zoomed towards his upper half.
1x Nikon SB800 @ 1/8th+ zoomed sitting behind the blue box

ZanderTaketomo.com

Check out my new portfolio website, zandertaketomo.com.

It’s slightly a work in progress, some photographs are subject to change, but for the most part this is it.

More southern road trip photos to come tonight or tomorrow, been spending most of my computer hours finishing up my self-promoting domain name.

Philadelphia to Texas 2010, Austin to Houston.

Austin. Big sky country, scattered with eyes deep as the ocean.

Desperate to be pro at something, Doogle shot his album cover with Curtis… Traitor!

This spot was pretty wild, a bunch of granite slabs placed for tons of board flipping options. Apparently it has been around for 5-10+ years?

Thoughtless art.

Shaun waxing the ledge with a rock… Must have had a few too many.

After all of the grinding and scraping, SWilly finally took his board out of the car… Give it a few more minutes and it would’ve been petrified.

One of the best dudes in Texas, Sohan.

After Austin, we headed to Houston… Is that a chick on the left?

(no, it’s Jonathans boyfriend.)

Philadelphia to Texas 2010, Dallas to Austin.

This is Charlie, we met him in Dallas — the city of stray dogs.

We almost let him come on the road.

This sculpture was pretty awesome. The grooves in the ground make it look possible to push it around in a circle, but the cone does full circles on a daily pattern. If you focus for a minute or so you can see its ant speed movement. Jeb & Curtis trying to time travel.

Search’n for Starbucks in Dallas, TX.

They do have escalators in Texas if you were wondering…

Jimmy McDonald. No comment.

Why visit a city when you have a friend with an iphone 3GS? Jeb twitt’n one out for the homies.

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Austin.

If you look carefully, Jimmy is catching the air of his life.

Curtis, back crail stall.

Curtis @ P-Terrys burgers = happy camper. The establishment is a reason in itself to visit Austin.

Next post: finish up our stay in Austin, and continuing on to Houston.

Philadelphia to Texas 2010, Tennessee to Dallas.

After Nashville we skipped cities until reaching Dallas.

Arkansas is very exciting, as you can tell by Doogle’s expression.

Luckily, Waffle House continues its presence in Arkansas. Until Austin, we ate there every morning… 4 or so mornings straight? Just because we broke our morning gutter food intake doesn’t mean it was our last meal. It’s everywhere down south!

We split town for Dallas where we spent a couple days. Great city, lots of spots – and people kick you out callin ya “lil faggets.” Gotta love southern hospitality… Good looks to Jordan, Josh & Auby for showing us around.

I forget what this burger spot was called, but as you can see by Curtis’ expression, it was quite good. Arteries continue to clog…

Did I mention Pat’s the sheriff in Dallas?

Next post will be some more of Dallas, and maybe we’ll make it to Austin.

Philadelphia to Texas 2010, Tennessee.

The next few posts will be snapshots from a Philadelphia to Texas road trip which took place January 2nd-14th, 2010. All of the photos were shot on a Nikon F3 with a 50mm 1.8 lens, on Ilford HP-5 black & white film.

Day 1, in Philadelphia loading the van. A future of 15 miles per gallon down south.

The first city we stopped to skate in was Nashville, Tennessee. Somehow with a weather check from Jebs iphone we learned Philadelphia had higher temps (20’s in Nashville.)

(L to R.)
Shaun, Jimmy, Jeb, Curtis.

Pat rolled his ankle at work a week prior to the trip… Wasn’t missing out on too much as the van was more pleasant than the southern tundra. Regardless, he got down towards the end of the trip.
(way better than Jimmy.)

Chris, thinking of smoothies, Jonathan, and jump rope.
Nashville, Tennessee.

Curtis at the Nashville courthouse.

Curtis introduced us to ‘chat roulette,’ a catalyst for the downfall of America. Make note of Shaun’s sweatsuit.

(L to R.)
Pat, Jimmy, Shaun, Curtis.

One of my favorite photos from the trip, shot outside our $35, 2 bed motel room (Royal Inn) somewhere in Tennessee.

Focus [photo issue] cover.

Just got back from cold trip down to Texas. I should have some 35mm shots to post early next week, but until then check out the cover B.D. Duff and I got for the Focus “photo issue.”

[uncropped]

Vol 6. Issue 1.
January, 2010

Shot on Kodak E100VS
Bronica SQ-A
35mm PS fisheye @ f4.5

1x Lumedyne 200w/s action pack far camera right.
1x Quantum Q flash high up on stand camera left @ 1/4th power.
1x Nikon SB800 as rim light at top of stairs against the wall zoomed in.

Down South & Over the Pond

Another rainy day up in Boston. Here’s some photos from the past couple years.

Shot on a trip down South last January, this bump to bar couldn’t have been in a better location. The Run-up is a pizzeria, and landing a bar. Pat hit both.

Pat Heid: Ollie
New Orleans, January 2009.

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This was a pretty harsh fall for a knee high ledge. While it may have gotten the best of Shier, he still came up — guessing you’ll see it in Blueprints upcoming film.

Dan Magee & Paul Shier.
Boston, Summer 2008.

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Lucien and I shot this during his first skate trip to the states in I believe spring of 2008? Peep the snapback, one of the 20 he brought back to the UK.

Lucien Clarke: switch kickflip.
Philadelphia, Spring 2008

Recruited for Texas 2010

Shaun is an official van passenger for the trip down south. We shot this ollie in May, 2009 on a trip to Boston… I pretty much blew the photo. 2 flashes in the shot, Phillies shirt – so much needs to be changed. I don’t think we’ve shot anything since come to think of it, so come January 2nd – it’s time to shine Shaun!

Happy Holidays.

-Zander

Details:
Bronica, SQ-A
35mm fisheye @ ~5.6
1/125th

Lumedyne camera left @ 200w/s
SB800 resting on wall below the lumedyne @ 1/4th
Q-flash camera right on a stand @ 1/4th
2x SB800’s straight ahead for a rim @ 1/4th pulled back & zoomed in.

Miami 2008, Texas 2010

The days are counting down before an endless drive down south. Not quite sure where our destination is, Houston? San Antonio? Dallas? We depart January 2nd, until then I’ll try to dig up old photos from past adventures.

Can’t wait for the blood stained sheets.

Miami, January 2008.