Now in a more compact format, Back in the Day is a timeless and
nostalgic collection of photographs documenting the skateboarding scene
in the 1970s.
William Sharp began taking surfing photographs in southern California in
the early seventies and was quickly drawn into the nascent skateboard
scene, shooting friends emulating surfing moves on pavement. By 1975 he
was brought in as a staff photographer for the magazine Skateboard
World. During the next five years he documented the meteoric rise of the
movement, capturing thousands of photographs along the way. Back in the
Day features hundreds of Sharp's astounding photos from this era.
The work is priceless, not only for its documentary value, but for the
beautiful and poetic images captured and later developed by Sharp
himself (many in black and white). Pipes in Arizona, aqueducts in
California, pools all over the place, the locales and images must be
seen to be believed. Ozzie Ausband signed on as an editor of the
project, collecting present day quotes and assisting with the paring
down of Sharp's massive photo archive. Sharp's epic photos are populated
by the vanguard of the scene such as Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Jerry Valdez,
Steve Caballero, and Jay Smith, among many others.
This is a must have for fans and collectors of the original large format
released in 2017.
