Down on the Corner (1975) Size:24x36 This was one of LeRoy's

This was one of LeRoy's favorite photographs

I was shooting some kids that were hot-dogging on the street on the sidelines of a small skate contest

This perspective through activism is quintessentially Ai Weiwei

awkwardness and bravado of pre-adulthood

Down on the Corner (1975) Size:24x36 This was one of LeRoy'sThat shot was one of several I did on the street, at Balboa Island, in the summer of 75, just as I was beginning the Skate series. I was shooting some kids that were hot dogging on the street on the sidelines of a small skate contest. I had no idea who they were. A few years later, someone saw them and asked if I knew who that kid was. I said no. He said it was Danny Kwock, who went on in the 80s to be a top surfer in the Newport area, and surfed for