Glen E. Friedman - Time Line

Time Line

• 1976 - At fourteen years old Glen E. Friedman shoots his first published photograph.
• 1981 - Shoots his first record album cover for The Adolescents on the Frontier label.
• 1982 - Friedman self-published his punk "photo-zine" My Rules. It sold 10,000 copies and was the largest selling 'zine of the era.
• 1983 - Friedman produced Suicidal Tendencies eponymous debut album, which became the biggest selling hardcore punk album of the decade.
• 1985 - Friedman is first introduced to Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons, after creating some memorable Beastie Boys photos, before they were widely known. By 1986 Friedman was photographing all the Def Jam artists and relocated back to New York in 1987. His early documentation of Run-DMC, Public Enemy, Ice-T, L.L. Cool J and the Beastie Boys brought hip hop to a wider audience.
• 1990 - By this time Friedman's work had achieved fame as record covers for many of the 80's decade finest in hip hop and punk. Many of his photographs are recognized as the subjects' definitive portraits.
• 1994 - Fuck You Heroes is published, a collection of his more well known work spanning 1976 to 1991. Fuck You Heroes looked at the pioneering leaders of the skateboarding, punk, and hip hop subcultures. Its title signifies his subjects' heroic rejection of reactionary social standards.
• 1996 - His second book, Fuck You Too: The Extras & More, is published by ConSafos press.
• 1997 - Fuck You All exhibition is first shown, bringing Friedman's work to major cities around the world. Starting at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, then on to Sydney, Tokyo, Rome, Florence, Milan, Berlin, Stockholm, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Antwerp, Belgium, Krakow, Poland, and by 2010 Dublin, Ireland and San Francisco.
• 1998 - The Idealist is published, the artistic summation of his photography. Diverging greatly from his other books. This title was revised in 2003 to include an additional five years (The Idealist - In My Eyes - 25 Years).
• 2000 - DogTown-The Legend of the Z-Boys, is published, and co-authored with long-time friend and mentor C.R. Stecyk III.
• 2002 - Friedman's film credit, co-producer and creative consultant, barely touch on the major influence he had on the feature-length documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, which won audience choice award for Best Documentary at Sundance and many other awards at film festivals worldwide.
• 2004 - Friedman created the "Liberty Street Protest" for millions from around the world to see at Ground Zero in New York City. Its provocative anti-war sentiment received attention internationally.
• 2005 - His artistic treatise, Recognize is published.
• 2007 - Friedman released Keep Your Eyes Open, a collection of his best photographs of the band Fugazi.
• 2008 - First major retrospective exhibition of Frideman's work is shown, at Shepard Fairey's Subliminal Projects gallery in Los Angeles.

• 2009 - Original prints of his work placed in the Photographic History Collection of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.
• 2010 - Original prints of his work added to the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. As well The "Liberty Street Protest" was "re-visited" in support of Freedom of Religion, and the placement of a mosque a few blocks away from Ground Zero in New York City.
• 2011 - Six, 30"x40" prints of his work added to the collection of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, California.
• 2012 - Officially inducted as an "Icon" into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame.