Fast Forward: Growing Up in the Shadow of Hollywood
Editorial Reviews Book Description Now available in paperback, Lauren Greenfield's acclaimed Fast Forward is a powerful look at Los Angeles youth culture and its influence on the rest of our society. From the affluent children of the Westside to the graffiti gangs and party crews of East LA, young Angelenos reckon with an overwhelming barrage of advertising and entertainment images emphasizing money, possessions, and eternal youth. This collection of 79 color photographs, accompanied by interviews with the children and their parents, reveals the realities of growing up fast in a culture that is at once irresistible and unforgiving. A compelling precursor to Greenfield's widely praised Girl Culture, Fast Forward is a telling document of the direction in which today's ultra image-conscious culture is pointed. Inside Flap Copy Photographer Lauren Greenfield capures often shocking, always startling images of children at school, at play, or at home in the precocious city of Los Angeles. The stunning color photographs range from the children of the gang culture of South Central and East L.A. to the affluent, often show-business world of the Westside. Underlying is the overwhelming importance of image and celebrity, with its materialistic trappings of fast cars and expensive clothes. 80 full-color photos. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Fast Forward: Growing Up in the Shadow of Hollywood
Fast Forward: Growing Up in the Shadow of Hollywood,Lauren Greenfield,Richard Rodriguez,Carrie Fisher,Chronicle Books LLC,0811844137,California,Children's Studies,General,Interviews,Los Angeles,Photo Techniques,Photoessays & Documentaries,Photography,Photography of youth,Youth,Photography / Photo Essays
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