California-based artist Ed Templeton is known for his interdisciplinary practice, most notably of photographs documenting people and street life of Huntington Beach, California, intimate portraits of his wife, and paintings depicting the psychological complexity of American suburbia. He first gained recognition as a teenage skateboard prodigy in the late 1980s and taught himself to photograph on the fly while actively touring for competitions. All of Templeton’s subjects come from his own life: “Everything I’ve ever shot has just been on the path that I’ve been on, be it skating or travel or street photography.” Blurring portraiture and landscape, Templeton works across photography, painting, and drawing to explore the ugliness, banality, and beauty of the familiar everyday world.

Join Ed Templeton in conversation with OCMA CEO and Director Heidi Zuckerman as they discuss youth subcultures, skateboarding, the role of chance in artistic practice, and what it means to be an image maker.

OCMA’s Artist Talks are generously sponsored by Cheryl and Bruce Kiddoo.