EAST STREET ARCHIVES

A VISUAL JOURNEY AND CELEBRATION OF 1990’S SNOWBOARDING ON THE EAST COAST, USA

East Street Archives, a 437-page book, is Gary Land's personal love letter to snowboarding. As an accomplished and award-winning director and photographer whose career has produced an unparalleled portfolio of broadcast and publishing, his story began with photographing his friends surfing and skateboarding in Virginia Beach, VA. When he followed his instincts and moved to Vermont in 1993, Gary focused his energy and relationships around snowboarding. During the next several years he traveled, shot endless bricks of film, edited magazines, made new friends for life, and became an emerging creative force with each passing season. East Street Archives delivers a raw look and emotional journey from Gary about East Coast snowboarding during the golden era of riding in the 1990's. There are many never-seen-before riding and lifestyle images, captured on 35mm film throughout the mountains and streets of the USA and Canada. The book celebrates the riders, personalities, and moments that were instrumental in pushing snowboarding through a historical decade.

“IT TOOK A PANDEMIC…LITERALLY. I WAS COMBING THROUGH AN OLD CLOSET FILLED WITH MY STUFF AND NOTICED A FEW BINS LABELED SNOWBOARDING. I DUSTED OFF THE OLD LIGHT BOX AND MAGNIFYING LOUPE AND STARTED LOOKING AT ALL THE OLD SLIDES THAT HAD BEEN SITTING THERE FOR DECADES. EACH ONE I LOOKED AT BROGHT BACK A TON OF OLD MEMORIES. IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT I KNEW I HAD TO CREATE A BOOK.”

born to play baseball

LAND’S REVEALING AND DESCRIPTIVE COLLECTION OF DOMINICAN YOUTH AND THE SPORT OF BASEBALL WAS CAPTURED DURING A FALL 2011 WEEK-LONG IMMERSION IN SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS, KNOWN WORLDWIDE AS THE “CRADLE OF SHORTSTOPS” AND HOMETOWN TO DOZENS OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS.

“NACIDO PARA JUGAR BÉISBOL – BORN TO PLAY BASEBALL,” IS A 12”; SQUARE CUSTOM BOUND 112-PAGE COLLECTION PRINTED ON BEAUTIFUL UNCOATED MOHAWK PAPER. THE BOOK VISUALLY ILLUSTRATES HOW ESSENTIAL BASEBALL IS TO THE FABRIC OF LIFE FOR YOUTH GROWING UP IN THE COUNTRY AND REVEALS THE IMMENSE HOPE THE SPORT OFFERS TO DOMINICANS – ESPECIALLY TO MANY LIVING IN MODEST AND CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES. LAND’S IMAGES CONVEY THE DEPTH AND SIMPLICITY OF THE COUNTRY’S SINGULAR OBSESSION, AS YOUTH ARE CAPTURED PLAYING THE GAME LITERALLY EVERYWHERE – STREETS, BEACHES AND EMPTY FIELDS - WITH HOMEMADE EQUIPMENT LIKE MAKE-SHIFT BATS (TREE BRANCHES) AND IMPROVISED FIELDING GLOVES (WINTER MITTENS).

AI - The iverson book

272 PAGES OF ICONIC AND NEVER BEFORE SEEN IMAGES OF HALL OF FAMER, ALLEN IVERSON

FOR THE BETTER PART OF EIGHT YEARS MY JOB WAS TO PHOTOGRAPH ALLEN IVERSON ON AND OFF THE COURT. OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS BASED ON RESPECT AND TRUST. WHENEVER I GOT THE SHOT WE WOULD MOVE ON AND ALLEN APPRECIATED THAT.  I WOULD ALWAYS KEEP IT SIMPLE AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HE GAVE ME HIS TIME AND ATTENTION. IT WAS THE PERFECT COMBINATION, I LOVED TO TAKE PICTURES AND HE LOVED HAVING HIS PICTURE TAKEN. DURING THOSE YEARS I GOT TO SEE SIDES OF AL THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE EVER GET TO SEE. I SAT ON THE FLOOR OF SOME OF HIS BEST GAMES AND I WATCHED HIM SWEAT IT OUT DURING PRACTICES. I STOOD NEXT TO HIM DURING ALL OF HIS COMMERCIALS, AND HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL OF HIS HOMES AND WATCHED HIM PLAY WITH HIS KIDS.  ​

I WAS WITH HIM DURING 9/11 AND WATCHED AS HE SHED TEARS FOR THE VICTIMS. I RODE IN HIS CAR AND LISTENED TO 40 BARS BEFORE ANYONE ELSE HEARD IT, AND PLAYED HIM IN H.O.R.S.E. AT LEAST A HALF DOZEN TIMES… AND STILL HAVE YET TO WIN A GAME.

 I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS BOOK SINCE 2002, BUT FOR REASONS OUT OF MY CONTROL IT WAS NEVER COMPLETED… THAT IS UNTIL NOW. WITH ALLEN’S INDUCTION INTO THE HALL OF FAME, I COULDN’T THINK OF A MORE PERFECT TIME TO RELEASE IT. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE FANS, THE BELIEVERS, AND THE LEGEND HIMSELF, ALLEN IVERSON.