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Lance Dawes | |
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| Born | September 27, 1970 Silver Spring, MD. |
| Education | San Francisco State University |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer, magazine editor |
| Website | http://www.lancedawesphoto.com/ |
Lance Dawes is an American skateboarder, photographer, writer, studio director, co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Slap Magazine . [1] [2] [3] [4]
Dawes was raised in Washington DC., where he grew up in the DC punk scene of the 1980s. [5] In his late teens, Dawes became a sponsored skateboarder for Dogtown, Vans and Independent Trucks. [5] He moved to San Francisco to study film at the University of San Francisco. [5] While in school, Dawes worked as a darkroom tech and stat operator at Thrasher Magazine from October 1990 to January 1992. [3] [6] Dawes documented the San Francisco skate scene of the early 1990s. [3]
Lance Dawes is the co-founder and original editor of SLAP . [3] Dawes founded Slap with High Speed Productions in January 1992. [3] In 1999, after running the magazine for seven years, Lance Dawes moved down to Los Angeles and left his position as editor-in-chief. [7] Mark Whiteley was named editor-in-chief after Dawes. [7] Dawes continued to be a contributing editor and photographer for both Slap and Thrasher until June 2009. [3]
Dawes' photography has appeared in a range of campaigns and publications, from ESPN, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, Getty Images, Warner Music, Atlantic Records, Panasonic, Vans, Nike, Juxtapoz magazine , Flywheels, and Skateboarder Magazine . [8] [9] [10] [11]
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