Party in the back

Tino Razo
Party in the back

Photographs: Tino Razo

Text: Tino Razo

Publisher: Anthology Editions

Year: 2017

Price: 45 €

Comments: Linen hardcover in a slipcase, 290 x 220. First edition, 2017. Accompanied by an offset photograph & a poster. Text in english.

In Party in the Back, celebrated skateboarder Tino Razo has documented — and shredded — abandoned backyard swimming pools throughout Southern California. The resulting body of work, showcased here for the first time in Tino’s book, elevates itself beyond a bunch of thrill-seekers navigating the suburban landscape, juxtaposing renegade sessions by world class skateboarders with dramatic architectural photographs of a lost American dream. Party In The Back is a lyrical photo-eulogy for this disappearing pool culture, bathed in the golden Southern Californian light.