with a camera from marc by jai tanju

all photographs copy write Jai Tanju 2007 film por vida! books #1

WITH A CAMERA FROM MARC

BY JAI TANJU

I got a random phone message from my friend Marc a few years ago. He said, “Hey Jai, I’m coming up to San Jose and I’ve got something for you! I’ll be at Louie’s all weekend so come by and see me.” That sunday I road my bike by Louie’s and there was Marc on the porch with a bottle of red wine. “JAI!”, he said with a slur revealing his purple teeth. We talked for a while and it became apparent that Marc didn’t remember why I was there. “So Marc, you called again about bringing up something for me?”, I asked. He looked at me like I was crazy. Tilting his head just slightly sideways as he thought about it. Then he lit up like a light bulb as he put his finger in the air and exclaimed, “Oh yeah! It’s in my car!” But when the trunk opened it wasn’t there. “Oh shit I forgot it! I’m coming back in two weeks, so I’ll bring it then.”,he said taking a slug off the bottle. He then walked into the house without telling me what it was. A few months went by and I had forgotten all about it. Whatever it was, until I got another message from Marc that sounded just like the first one. That weekend I went by Louie’s again to see if Marc was around and he was. Wine bottle in hand again, happily swigging away, purple teeth and all. This time when he opened his trunk he pulled a camera bag out and handed it to me. “ I bought it at a camera show two years ago and I’ve never used it. Here, it’s yours.” It’s a Pentax Spotomatic 35mm camera with four lenses. There was a 35-2.8, a 50-1.4, a 135-3.5 and a 17mm fisheye. “The meter doesn’t work,” he said, “well that’s what the guy at the photo show told me anyway.” I thanked him. When I got home I took it out of the case and checked it all out. The thing that caught my eye right off was it’s smaller size for a 35mm and the neck strap. I think the neck strap was the most important thing for me. See, I’ve always been more of a point and shoot photographer, so when I wasn’t shooting skating I carried around a T4 all the time. I started to bring the Pentax everywhere with me and immediately I saw a huge difference in all the photos I shot on a day-to-day basis of my friends, the streets and an occasional skate photo or two. This camera basically changed the way I shot photos at a time when I was looking for a different direction, even if it is like riding a bike backwards into a wall. All the pictures in this book where shot with this camera. Thanks Marc! Jai Tanju

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1. Marc Johnson 2. Matt Ev’s 3. Chris Avery 4. The Kid 5. Louie Barletta 6. Crooks 7. Jerry Hsu 8. Eddie Nemeth 9. Ray Stevens II 10. Rhino 11. Jose Rojo after his car wreck. 12. Vu & Sabbath on the porch at 83 N. 13th St 13. Luis Martinez Room 21 tattoo 14. Caswell Berry during the mohawk days 15. Emmanuel Guzman 16. Chronic Joe 17. Luis Martinez tattoos 18. Adam Alfaro 19. Pat Rackstraw 20. Chris Avery with swollen face 21. Ricky Espinosa with freshly shaven eyebrows 22. Jani 23. Joe Hutchinson shows his colors 24. -25. Richard Paez head tattoo 26. Jesse Erickson through his super fisheye 27. Nestor Judkins in Frisco 28. Randy Colvin 29. Eddie Nemeth 30. M.J. with his broken board 31. Mark Whiteley metering for a sequence the old way. Check out the box of film, you don’t see that anymore! 32. Jesse Erickson water portrait Lake Tahoe, CA 33. Wes in work mode 34. J.J Rodgers at home in Sacramento 35. Ricky Winsor video guy Sacramento, CA 36. Caswell Berry Enjoi skatepark day 06 37. Jerry Hsu Enjoi skatepark day 06 38. - 39. Louie shadow games at Quimby school in S.J. 40. Crooks blunt for Beans at the Crib ramp 41. Mike Matilainen back smith at the Crib ramp 42. Chris Black switch krooks S.J. 43. Jerry Guan back tail in S.J. 44. Jerry switch ollie Saratoga ,CA 45. I waited ten years for this one! Unknown Frenchman at the S.J. bricks 46. Jerry Hsu bean plant to fakie in Concord CA - Enjoi skatepark day 47. Caswell Berry lien air in Concord CA. Enjoi skatepark day 06 48. Wes Tonascia backside grab to fakie at Jesse’s ramp S.J. 49. Luis Martinez backside boneless at Jesse’s ramp. S.J 50. Emmanuel Guzman nosepick at Philly side 51. Damien Smith wallride in Philly 52. Clark Hassler’s first real f/s wallride in Australia 53. Clark b/s 180 flip Austraila

54. Chris Avery sweeper at the u-pipes in Australia 55. Mike Matilainenswitch kickflip SJ street gap 56. The Kid frontside air in Fairfield,CA - Enjoi Skatepark day o6 57. Louie Barletta smith in Fairfield CA - Enjoi skatepark day o6 58. Chet backside drifter in Klamath Falls, OR 59. Caswell f/s tuck knee in Klamathth Falls, OR 60. Mario Guel ollie at The Mansion 61. Louie no comply S.J. mini ramp 62. Randy Katen slash grind at Curtis’ pool in Sacramento 63. Luis Marteniz handplant at S.J. skatepark 64. The Kid sweeper at Sunnyvale skatepark 65. Cab handplant at Sunnyvale skatepark 66. Luis Martinez high low AZ sweeper 67. Mike Salsburg kickflip in S.J. cop hater article in The Skateboard Mag 68. Louie feeble grind S.J., CA 69. Rex & Jani watching Louie 70. top-Gerry Juan free pot piss–Bottom- MJ pivot to fakie at the 83 QP 71. MJ at 83 72. Stacey in his room in the kitchen pantry of 83 N. 13th st. S.J. 73. Vu Nguyen with water balloon ready at 83 N. 13th st S.J. 74. 40 ounces of John Old 75. Beer in a bag is always nice! 76. Caswell & Mario do the renegade at the Mansion 77. Caswell’s cousin with tattoo, cig & brew 78. Jesse Erikson Lake Tahoe, CA 79. Briggsy liked pouring beer from the keg. The Mansion, S.J. 80. Halba bored of his board 81. The Taxman Eric Monnie & his son Anthony 82. Cairo Foster filming for a Krux commercial 83. Wes legs & cigs in the mirror 84. Sham at Red Ink gallery S.F., CA 85. SF taxi hailer 86. Korin & Hailee Adams 87. My cat Brother with his cat toy 83 N. 13TH st S.J. 88.- 89. Halba”s tattoos. Love for home & family! 90. Jose Rojo f/s pop shuvit 50/50 at Quimby SJ 91. Self portrait with new tattoo 92. This bum stopped me on the street one day and said she used to take photography in college then took my camera and started taking pictures of me. Luckily, I had my camera from Marc. She also said she used to pose nude too, then gave me her Mom’s number if I ever wanted to pay her to pose for me. 93. Self portrait with tattoo 94. Self portrait with smoker in Tokyo, Japan 95. I saw Esteban on the street in Tokyo. When I asked to take his picture he said, ‘Why? 96. Number 12 Gallery fashion shoot with Taro, his wife and Taku. Tokyo, Japan 97. Jerry and Marc right back at ‘em two seconds later! 98. Street shot of Tokyo through the window at the train station 99. Umbrella street shot of Marc Whiteley in Tokyo, Japan 100. Yokahama aquarium #1

101. Jerry at the aquarium in Yokahama, Japan 102. Yokahama aquarium #2 103. three guys from San Jose in Tokyo? 104. Taro at his # 12 Gallery Tokyo, Japan 105. Mark & Mia in Tokyo 106. bridge bum Portland, OR 107. Portland self portrait 108. Javier Mendizabal 109. Crooks low end grinder in Donald, Oregon 110. James nose pick at West Linn, Oregon 111. Mad Mike back-d Grants Pass, Oregon 112. Rodger Hobbs at the river in Oregon 113. Smoking kids at Jacksonville, Oregon 114. Cold Ones Andy river flip Oregon 115. Mad Mike front rock in Jacksonville, OR 116. Scotty Greathouse and Emmanual Guzman pour some brew for Beans! TIM Brauch Memorial contest 05 ScottsValley,CA 117. Joe Huchinson’s tattoo 118. Tim Brauch memorial contest Scotts Valley 05 119. Steve Caballero at the Tim Brauch memorial contest 06 120. found sticker at the Strawberry Pool 121. someones board at the Tim contest 06 122. found board chip at a skate spot in LA 123. found chips at Ripon, CA 124. - 125. found board San Jose skatespot 126. found board tail SJ CA 127. Chronic Joe’s board collection left at 83 n. 13th st SJ CA 128. found broken board SJ skate spot 129. Halba’s aftermath 130. - 131. found boards SJ, CA 132. Kicked out in Philly 133. SJ bike crash 134. My bike Buddy - S.J. silhouette 35. Three kid wheelie Philly 136. - 137. SJ bike bum 138. Michael Ballard with his bug dragster body 139. John Lucero at Black Label offices 140. The Kid hat shot 141. The Shitkickers 142. Frida at the dog park 143. Kim Du at home in SF 144. Nestor’s head in Philly 145. Damian Smith & Emmanuel checking a spot in Frisco 146. Dave Rosenburg at the bowling alley spot SJ, CA 147. Colt Cannon at the bowling alley spot SJ, CA 148. MJ doing his best Michael Jordan impersonation 149. Beer dog look back in Fresno CA 150. Clark Hasler with extra arm & hog leg! 151. Break ups are hard sometimes. 152. Rocker at the LA straight edge show 153. Drug free tattoo at LA straight edge show 154. Caswell in his car mirror

155. Caswell’s TMA tattoo 156. - 157. Frida water fun 158. Hailee Adams fun with the hose 159. Blaze in his white suit 160. Top- dead lizard - Bottom- board into the gulch, both Pukalani, Maui 161. Road mirror face Pukalani, Maui 162. Fire Eater Maui. HI 163. found pig head SJ, CA 164. Puerto Vallarta ,Mexico 165. graveyard Sayaulita, Mexico 166. Blanche at the secret beach in Sayaulita, Mexico 167. Puerto Vallarta. Mexico 168. Surfing Dog Sayaulita, Mexico 169. Puerto Vallarta. Mexico 170. Welcome to San Jose 171. SJ bike shadows 172. Anthony at Fabers bike shop SJ CA 173. Downtown SJ bum 174. Downtown SJ fountain ponytail 175. Downtown SJ fountain butt crack 176. Downtown SJ crackhead 177. Downtown SJ bum 178. Guitar bum downtown SJ 179. The new convention center downtown SJ 180. SJSU statue 181. 911 tribute downtown SJ fire house 182. - 183. Mexican immigration rally downtown SJ,CA 06 back cover – Jason adams backside crail slide super lens flair out shot with the only color film I used with the camera. THANKS TO: Blanche & Freda, Kim Du, The Kid & the Adam family, Matt Ev’s, Jerry Hsu, Crooks, Louie & the Mansion, The Avery’s, Caswell, Joe Brook, Mark Whiteley, Erik Olsen, Slap Mag, the BMC, 83 North 13th St., TMA, 12 Moor, SJ Punks, Circle A,Branch, the Shitkickers, Eddie Nemeth, RS2, Rhino & P-Stone, Vice Mag, Hamburger Eyes, Russ Pope, Duffs, Enjoi, Bod, Innes, Hensley, Krux, Ron Whaley, Kendall, Black Label, Lucero,Cab, The Skateboard Mag, Pig, Ruckus, Epiclytrife.com, Skatedaily.net, Clark, Maronesj.com, Taro & the #12 Gallery in Tokyo, Ryo & BMC Japan, Javier & Jose from Spain, Fire It Up & Miss Megan, Tobin Yelland, Beagle, Sham & the On 6th Gallery, Bahram, Henry at Photo Express, everyone who sends photos for the print exchange, all my family in Turkey, my brother Cem & the Tanju’s on Maui, Uncle Punkman & Suzi, my cousin Josh, Sara, Jenny & Aunt Jeanie, my grandma Josephine Seymour, Mom & Warren, the Siri’s & Seymour’s on the East Coast, Zoi & Melbourne, Austrailia, Portland, Paul and the Zeitgeist Gallery, Sayulita Mexico,San Jose, Halba, Wes, Mad Mike J.J. Rogers & Sacramento, Todd Prince, Reeps, BC, Concussion Mag, Cold Ones, Low Card, Brendan Klein, all my house mates at 276 N. 16th St, the Cinebar, the Caravan, the Blank Club, Dave Carnie, Shadow, Skateworks, Michael & Heather Ballard, HMC & Al, Jani Jesse Erickson & John Old, Damian Smith & Philly, Eric Monnie & family, Meza at Crailtape, the Strangio family, the Ferrera family, the Bombie crew, my bike Buddy, skateboarding, Pentax, Nikon, Ilford black & white film and Marc Johnson.

This book is dedicated to: my father Sinan Cemil Tanju, my grandfathers Haluk Cemil Tanju, John Russell Seymour, & to TIM BRAUCH.