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Glen E. Friedman
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Biography
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Glen E. Friedman is a photographer known for documenting skateboarding, punk and hip-hop. First published in Skateboarder at fourteen, he photographed the Dogtown skaters before developing a substantial body of work with musicians, including Black Flag, Bad Brains, Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys.
His photographs have appeared on record covers, in magazines and in books such as My Rules, DogTown: The Legend of the Z-Boys and Together Forever. His work is held by institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian. In 2012 he received the Skateboarding Hall of Fame’s Icon Award.
Reviewed 2026-09-06Selected sources
- Penguin Random House — Glen E. FriedmanPhotographic subjects, books and museum collections.
- Skateboarding Hall of Fame — Glen E. FriedmanEarly Skateboarder work, Dogtown and 2012 recognition.