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California Deathrock - Subculture Portraits by Forrest Black and Amelia G Hardcover – October 31, 2014

by Amelia G (Author, Photographer), Forrest Black (Photographer)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
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Gorgeous coffee table book of gothic punk portraits with intense personality and viscerally saturated colors.

From the introduction to California Deathrock - Subculture Portraits by Forrest Black and Amelia G:

"Since the mid-1990's, Forrest and I have been setting up full blown location studios in all sorts of unlikely and underground places. We've set up lights and backdrops in wind-blown theater parking lots in the middle of the night, while bands played their shows, in co-ed strip clubs, and crammed behind the pool table in the back of noisy dive bars. Sometimes it's a real challenge, but this is how we shoot our personal work. We like to capture the moments in their real environments. For this compendium, we chose only images which were actually shot in California. Some of the deathrockers in this volume grew up here and some are transplants and some were just passing through. Forrest and I had a lot of debates, while hunched over a contact sheet with loupes in hand, over whether a particular photo was really more deathrock or more Gothic, as we needed a methodology for honing down what to share. When we started shooting, there were very few photographers who would ever shoot anyone gothic or punk or tattooed or pierced or fetish and the few who did approached the subject matter in a gritty unattractive purely anthropological manner, like they were going to the zoo. We wanted to create respectful and celebratory work. We wanted to capture the joy and tribal sense of community which we experienced in the various subterranean worlds we documented. We wanted the flamboyant beauty we saw to resonate with other people the way it did for us. We wanted the people we photographed to look the way they looked in our minds' eyes when we recalled the excitement of nightlife at midnight."

For nearly a quarter of a century, Amelia G and Forrest Black have been documenting subculture in America. Their work has been published by everyone from Rolling Stone to Playboy and, of course, the seminal publication they are best known for, Blue Blood. Their remarkable portraits benefit from a combination of social anthropology and celebration of community, simultaneously presenting documentary and aspirational artistic ideal. The hallmarks of their distinctive photographic style are viscerally saturated colors and an extraordinary talent for finding intense star quality in their often unusual subjects. Amelia G did her undergraduate work at Wesleyan University and graduate at University of Michigan. Her thesis was a cross-cultural deconstruction of vampires in popular culture. Forrest Black is an award-winning designer whose work has been covered by venues from Print to MTV. He likes black cats and beer. Home base is Los Angeles.

"The refreshingly fascinating photography of Amelia G and Forrest Black successfully captures the alluring mystique of the members of our society's underground sub-cultures, and presents these often-misunderstood individuals in a sexy, provocative, and yet approachable way." --Linda "FC" Fletch, Editor, Tattoo Savage magazine

"I like their style of cross processing, and I like the fact that they go out into clubland and photograph the wildlife." --Matt Riser, publisher, New Grave magazine

"If West Coast deathrock had official scene photographers, they would be Amelia G and Forrest Black." --Kate Deathrock, Deathrock.org
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    172 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Blue Blood
  4. Publication date
    October 31, 2014
  5. Dimensions
    8.3 x 0.8 x 10.2 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0984605339
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0984605330
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"The portraits in this Kickstarter-funded tome capture more than spiked hair and elaborate makeup. They show the joy in a scene that's often associated with doom." -Liz Ohanesian, LA Weekly

"There's a lot of studs, corsets, fishnet, wild hair and eye makeup ... worthy of any coffee table ... 172 great photos of surprisingly colorful people into dark music" -Jay Moyes, Fetish Artist Mag

"This isn't your average coffee table book! You'll think of these images for days after seeing them. Corsets, eye makeup, studs, and spiked collars ... Whether nabbing a copy for yourself or your dentist to put in his waiting room, this is a rock fashion page-turner you don't want to miss." -Skin & Ink Magazine

"The art photo book, California Deathrock ... featuring a wide variety of gloriously spooky subculture characters in the West Coast deathrock scene ... paints every portrait beautifully and respectfully." -Siara Gray, Inkspired Magazine

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Blue Blood (October 31, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 172 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0984605339
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0984605330
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.3 x 0.8 x 10.2 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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Kathleen Adrian
5.0 out of 5 stars ... lends itself to the idea that some subjects are best depicted when the author or artist has experienced them ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2014
This engaging collection of portraits lends itself to the idea that some subjects are best depicted when the author or artist has experienced them first-hand. California Deathrock is a thorough and insightful portrayal of the diverse friends and individuals of this West Coast scene, and represents a decade of captivating photographs by Amelia G. and Forrest Black. Every subject is at ease in front of the camera, each portrait a stark, unique personality. And the color photography just pops with vibrant, saturated hues in hair, makeup and clothing details.

Plus, from a photographer's standpoint, I am appreciative of the inclusion of a discussion on the choices of camera, lighting and film made for this project. I always love to hear about the "process," and Amelia and Forrest make a great case for the technical decisions that have resulted in such rich, stunning portraits.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! I have followed Amelia G & Forrest Black's ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2014
Fantastic! I have followed Amelia G & Forrest Black's unique photography since the late 90's and I am truly pleased to own such a wonderful collection of their work. The photos they chose to include are stunning and the print quality of the book is top notch.

This book will certainly remain proudly displayed on my coffee table and I would recommend it to anyone!
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AWeirdly
2.0 out of 5 stars Wanted more
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2016
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BLUE BLOOD was a great magazine and I was expecting more from this book. Kinda like clubbing it has the same people too many times. Not a very good time capsule for the era. I'm hoping for better things from the author.
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ferro_man
5.0 out of 5 stars Ordered it on a whim and I couldn't be happier. This book contains stunning portraits of the thriving ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2014
Ordered it on a whim and I couldn't be happier. This book contains stunning portraits of the thriving California Deathrock scene. Absolutely love the vibrant colors used when developing the pictures because it really makes the pictures pop. I'd love to see the photographers tackle other scenes or even other subcultures.
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Ivan Mellado
3.0 out of 5 stars Gran libro
Reviewed in Spain on February 27, 2019
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Me gustó mucho pero hay algunas personas fotografiadas que se repiten. Hay muchos looks que no parecen nada deathrock. Algunas fotos se nota que han perdido calidad pero eso ya lo comentaron en el libro.
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