Lance Dawes is an American skateboarder, photographer, writer, studio director, co-founder and former editor-in-chief of ''

Slap Magazine ''Slap Magazine'' was an American skate magazine created by Kevin Thatcher and Fausto one late night when they sparked an idea to create their own competition. At the time they ran Thrasher Skateboard Mag. The next day they put Lance Dawes in char ...

''.

Skateboarding and photography

Dawes was raised in Washington DC., where he grew up in the DC punk scene of the 1980s. In his late teens, Dawes became a sponsored skateboarder for Dogtown, Vans and Independent Trucks. He moved to San Francisco to study film at the

University of San Francisco The University of San Francisco (USF) is a private Jesuit university in San Francisco, California. The university's main campus is located on a setting between the Golden Gate Bridge and Golden Gate Park. The main campus is nicknamed "The Hil ...

. While in school, Dawes worked as a

darkroom A darkroom is used to process photographic film, to make prints and to carry out other associated tasks. It is a room that can be made completely dark to allow the processing of the light-sensitive photographic materials, including film and ph ...

tech and stat operator at ''

Thrasher Magazine ''Thrasher'' is a skateboarding magazine founded in January 1981 by Eric Swenson and Fausto Vitello. The publication consists primarily of skateboard- and music-related articles, photography, interviews and skatepark reviews. The magazine also ...

'' from October 1990 to January 1992. Dawes documented the San Francisco skate scene of the early 1990s.

Slap Magazine

Lance Dawes is the co-founder and original editor of '' SLAP''. Dawes founded ''Slap'' with High Speed Productions in January 1992. In 1999, after running the magazine for seven years, Lance Dawes moved down to Los Angeles and left his position as editor-in-chief.

Mark Whiteley Mark Whiteley is an American skateboarder, photographer, writer, and former editor-in-chief of Slap Magazine. Skateboarding Whiteley was a video filmer during high school and college. He worked for 411, Think, Real, Stereo, Thrasher, Santa ...

was named editor-in-chief after Dawes. Dawes continued to be a contributing editor and photographer for both ''Slap'' and ''Thrasher'' until June 2009. Dawes' photography has appeared in a range of campaigns and publications, from

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, ''The Washington Post'', The

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, Getty Images, Warner Music, Atlantic Records, Panasonic, Vans, Nike, '' Juxtapoz magazine'', Flywheels, and ''

Skateboarder Magazine ''Skateboarder'' was primarily a digital skateboarding publication that produces a limited run of hard copy versions that are sold in skateboard shops. The publication was the United States (US)' first skateboarding magazine and, as of August ...

''.

References

External links

Lance Dawes – interview
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