Fast Forward. Growing Up In the Shadow of Hollywood
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. 1st Edition. Oblong quarto, publisher's photo-illustrated paper-covered boards, yellow endpapers, original photo-illustrated dust jacket.
Signed first edition of preeminent chronicler of youth culture Lauren Greenfield’s visual study of Los Angeles in the 1990s. After an assignment for National Geographic fell through, Greenfield turned her lens on her home city, capturing the everyday lives of local LA adolescents and children across different socioeconomic groups, from wealthy Westside high schoolers to inner city teens in East and South Central. Captured over the course of four years (1992-96), the series comprises intimate and revealing photos of her subjects in public and private moments, at home with their parents, attending school, at Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, prom, pool parties, photoshoots, concerts, and more. Illustrated with color plates; with an introduction by actress, screenwriter, and author Carrie Fisher, an afterword by American writer Richard Rodriguez on the "invention of adolescence," and first-person testimonials by many of Greenfield's subjects. First printing with complete number row to copyright page. Signed by Greenfield to front endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket with small closed tears to upper panel near head of spine and tail of flap-fold, and minor edgewear. Very good. Item #13276
$275.00