Brian gaberman biography net worth

Like most skateboarders, I fell in love with and developed an appreciation for photography from the skate mags of my youth. Throughout the 80s my eyes were constantly scanning the borders of Technicolor photos looking to find the ones credited to guys like Bryce Kanights , Mofo , and J. Grant Brittan. When the 90s rolled around skate photography took a swan dive into a pile of dogshit.

But as a result the few guys who were taking a different, more artistic approach emerged from the pack of stock skate photographers and videographers. I was instantly drawn to the work of Thomas Campbell and Daniel Harold Sturt , who tended to shoot wide landscape shots, which showed skateboarding as being a part of its environment rather than the main focus.

Toward the tail end of the 90s an aspiring photographer from New Haven, Connecticut named Brian Gaberman relocated to San Francisco to work at the now-defunct, legendary skate mag Slap. Over the years his style became more defined.

Brian gaberman biography net worth: Element brand photographer and fine artist

I caught up with Brian to ask him about his book, The Muska, Instagram, and his farm. VICE: How did you get into photography? When I was 17 my aunt got tired of hearing about it and bought me a used one that I had to pay her back for. Does being four-feet-tall help you get lower to the ground for those unique angles in your skate photos?