Lowriders - San Francisco 1979-1980 Photographs by Lou Dematteis |
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| Author:
| Irma, Lou Dematteis |
| ISBN: | 978-1-366-76619-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2016 |
| Publisher: | Blurb
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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I began living and photographing in San Francisco's Mission District in 1974. In 1979, I was asked by Rene Ya#65533;ez, the director of the Galeria de la Raza, to join him in a new project he was putting together, a photographic documentation of the lowrider car scene in the Mission and the mainly Latino youths who made up its participants. I spent time the next two years photographing the scene, from its high point in 1979 and the beginning of 1980 to the police crackdown later that year.
I began living and photographing in San Francisco's Mission District in 1974. In 1979, I was asked by Rene Ya#65533;ez, the director of the Galeria de la Raza, to join him in a new project he was putting together, a photographic documentation of the lowrider car scene in the Mission and the mainly Latino youths who made up its participants. I spent time the next two years photographing the scene, from its high point in 1979 and the beginning of 1980 to the police crackdown later that year.