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Foto 031- Ed Templeton

Wires Crossed, Eyes Open: Ed Templeton on Skate, Art, and Chance

Michael talks with Ed Templeton about the through-line from 1990s skate culture to a lifetime of painting and photography: DIY zines, doing your own board graphics, and learning to work with chance. Ed traces his path from Orange County/Huntington Beach to turning pro by 1990, discovering photobooks (Nan Goldin, Larry Clark), and realizing he had insider access to a tour-bus world most photographers never see. They dig into failure, risk, and why he prefers to shoot candidly while walking instead of stopping to ask.

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Photo by Ed Templeton
Photo by Ed Templeton
Photo by Ed Templeton
Photo book “Wires Crossed” by Ed Templeton
Photo by Ed Templeton
Photo by Ed Templeton
Photo by Ed Templeton
Zine “Lick” by Ed Templeton
Drawing “Man Smoking in Booth, 2024 9 x 12in” by Ed Templeton
Painting “The Prosperity Gospel” by Ed Templeton
Painting “RIP Youth, 2024” by Ed Templeton

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