Triples in Street? Left to right, Doug Smith, Mark Gonzales and Steve Caballero at Louisville, Kentucky NSA Contest in mid-80s. Photo: Brittain Print is available for purchase.                                                                          

Like All Good Things...

Salton Sea Pool in the 80s before the graffiti and the destruction. It is no more, like all good things, it came to an end. Photo: Grant Brittain

Directions: Walk up large hill, set up lights, lie down on ground shooting with fisheye and have Mike Vallely do a backside tailslide inches from your head, snap photo and don't get hit. Photo shot in June, 2012 and published in The Skateboard Mag. Photo: Grant Brittain

I have my high quality prints available for purchase via my online store. It's almost Christmas, get your favorite skater a rad shot. Steve Caballero, Fishbanks, Sunnyvale, CA, 1986. Photo: Brittain

Bones Wheels used a photo I shot last February of Rodney Mullen welcoming Rodney to their team. For you camera  nerds out there, I used a Canon 5D, Canon 15mm Fisheye lens, one Quantum Qflash directly behind Rodney and Pocket Wizard Multi-Max radio slaves. Click on photo for bigass image. Photo: Brittain

Christmas is coming and I have an online store featuring my skateboarding photos.

You can buy one of my vintage skate shots on my online store.

  Lance Mountain, Sweden, 1985. Photo: Brittain

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"SK80's" Skateboarding Photography of the 80's by J. Grant Brittain

Opening Reception
April 21, 2012
at Bottlecraft, 2161 India St. San Diego.
Prints will be for sale.

"Look", a show by Grant Brittain and Josh Higgins at Subtext Gallery July 30th

"Look" is a show with my great friend and poster extraordinaire, Josh Higgins. It's happening this Friday night, July 30th at 6-10PM at Subtext Gallery in downtown San Diego. Along with Josh's music and charity posters, I will be showing portraits of skateboarders, both past and present work. All work will be for purchase along with a limited edition show poster and a few tees. The show runs through August 29th.
Adrian Demain will be taking us on a dreamy guitar voyage, so that's an added treat.
Oh yeah, appetizers by The Tractor Room and there will be some great beer, no friggin' PBR Grandpa beer!

Subtext Gallery is just south across the street from The Casbah at 2479 Kettner Blvd.

Skateboarding is on edge enough

We were shooting at Shred Ranch and I was shooting Danny Dicola frontside 5-0 pivoting when his dog ran right beneath him.
Everyone gasped when Danny was stalled on top of the wall, he had no clue what was going on behind him. His pooch ran across and he came down and missed a doggy disaster.

I am a Lucky Guy

I have had the fortune to have been in the right place at the right time through the years.
Sure, part of getting the right shot is Skill, but I count myself lucky for being around Skateboarding in a golden era, the 80s.
All I had to do was load film in my camera, move a couple of lights and the rest is history.
This is Christian Hosoi premiering his signature move, The Christ Air in 1987 at the Sellar's "Perfect Ramp" in Mesa, AZ.