24 pages Photograph(s) by Glen E. Friedman 22 x 24 cm Language: Italian Paperback Publisher: Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea Limited edition of 1500 copies, signed 1998
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Fuck You All at the Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea in 1998, this catalogue stands as one of the earliest European institutional acknowledgements of the work of Glen E. Friedman.
A central figure in American underground photography, Friedman presents here a selection of now-iconic images documenting, from the inside, the skateboard, punk, and hip-hop scenes of the 1980s and 1990s. Shot with absolute proximity and without aesthetic mediation, these photographs capture bodies, attitudes, and communities at the very moment they were forming—before mainstream exposure or cultural recuperation.
More than a conventional exhibition catalogue, Fuck You All functions as a visual manifesto. Its uncompromising title reflects the DIY ethos and raw energy that define Friedman’s approach. Portraits, concert scenes, street moments, and fragments of everyday life come together to form a visual language that helped shape the imagery of several major countercultures at the end of the 20th century.
Now increasingly hard to find, this catalogue is an essential document for understanding the early institutional recognition of underground cultures, and a key reference for any library focused on photography, skateboarding, punk, or the visual history of hip-hop.
