I recently discovered the photography of Hugh Holland in a book called Locals Only – California Skateboarding 1975-1978. In 1975, with no formal training, Holland picked up a camera and took it upon himself to document the LA skate scene. As well as action shots, there are plenty of candid portraits shot in the late afternoon sun, using old colour neg movie film which gives a gentle, hazy cast to the pictures.

My favourite element in these pictures as always, is the styling; the sunlightened long hair, the tube socks, the Vans skate shoes and the cute way of knotting a sweatshirt, superheroically like a cape over the shoulders…