Product Details Hardcover 128 pages Knopf Published 1997 Amazon.com A 13-year-old girl works out at the track with her personal trainer. Two 17-year-olds caress their newborn. A 7-year-old pauses on the red carpet outside the Shrine Auditorium on her way into the Academy Awards ceremony. A 16-year-old lifts his shirt to reveal a hairless chest wreathed in tattoos. These are but a few of the provocative images that fill the pages of Fast Forward, a collection of portraits capturing children from East L.A. to Bel-Air. Many of these photos are accompanied by the kids' own words about their lives and the world around them, often revealing a wisdom beyond their years and a naiveness--a failure to understand the values in which they are immersed. What emerges from these images and words is an alluring, if at times disturbing, portrait of a generation perhaps too quick to leave its innocence behind. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Ingram Eighty full-color photographs chronicle what life is like growing up in the Hollywood fast lane, documenting the Los Angeles youth culture of the 1990s, from the gang world of South Central L.A. to the affluent, show-business environment of the city's west side. 15,000 first printing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book Description 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 an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |