Ed Templeton on Influence, Process, and an Insider’s Approach to Photography - Episode 107
About this episode
Ed Templeton discusses his journey from skateboarder to artist and his insights on photography and culture.
Photographer and artist Ed Templeton joins PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf to reflect on his evolution from professional skateboarder to photographer and painter, and how early influences like Nan Goldin and Larry Clark shaped his approach to documenting his own life. Templeton discusses his photobook Wires Crossed (Aperture), an intimate look at skate culture from an insider’s perspective, and his collaborative process with editor Lesley A. Martin. The conversation looks into Templeton's hybrid analog and digital workflow and concludes with the development of Contemporary Suburbium (Nazraeli Press), an accordion style book, made in collaboration with his wife, photographer Deanna Templeton, highlighting his ongoing engagement with the photobook and everyday subject matter. https://ed-templeton.com Ed Templeton (b.1972) is an American painter and photographer whose work reflects human behavior with emphasis on youth subcultures, religious affectation, and suburban conventions using a cinéma vérité approach embracing chance encounters. Templeton is a respected cult figure in the subculture of skateboarding, a two-time world-champion, and Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee. He is best…
People in this episode
Host: Sasha Wolf
Guest: Ed Templeton
Topics covered
- photography
- skate culture
- artistic process
- influence
- documentary
- collaboration
Keywords
- Ed Templeton
- photography
- skateboarding
- art
- Wires Crossed
- Contemporary Suburbium
- Nan Goldin
- Larry Clark
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Aperture, Nazraeli Press
Books & works: Wires Crossed, Contemporary Suburbium
Places: Los Angeles, NYC, Paris, Vienna, San Francisco
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