num_pages: 160
description: Wonder and wit meet in Templeton's unflinching photographs Tangentially Parenthetical is a selection of photographs from Ed Templeton's vast street photography archivecurated arranged and then rearranged by the man himself. The next chapter to his previous book of photos ( Wayward Cognitions  2014) Tangentially Parenthetical picks up where the latter collection ended. By combining intimate accidental and unconnected moments into one linear piece of work he tells hundreds of new stories through the thoughtful arrangement of semi-related yet completely unfastened imagery. I'm out there shooting photos all the time that don't necessarily fall under any theme other than general life says Templeton which is a lame title for a book. With a wink to the absurd sandwiched between a cover of patterned parentheses and with an afterword built from his own stream-of-consciousness storytelling Templeton delivers a visual mountain from an archive of stunning molehillsthe images are carefully chosen shuffled by hand and laid out with the dueling impulses of wonder and wit. Born in 1972 and raised in the suburbs of Orange County California Ed Templeton is a painter photographer and a respected cult figure in the subculture of skateboarding. His work has been exhibited worldwide.
language: English
title: Ed Templeton: Tangentially Parenthetical
publisher: Um Yeah Arts