Skating photographer grant brittain biography

J. Grant Brittain documented the Southern Californian skateboard scene throughout the 1980s, as its influence seeded skate cultures across the globe.

But from day one, his work has been as much about evocation as titillation; whether he was capturing Rodney Mullen’s balletic stance or documenting a pool session that became the stuff of lore, the images he shot capture the spirit of the time.

And yet his role as a documentarian stretches beyond his own perspective.

As chief photo guy at Transworld for its first twenty years and founder of The Skateboard Mag, he has made a point of editing in the meditative moments as well as the radness that is the scene’s birthright.

Now well into his fourth decade behind a lens, he continues to capture skateboarding’s ever-evolving aesthetic.
“One sunny California day in February 1979, I borrowed my roommate’s camera and pointed it at a friend of mine who was riding the bowl at D