{"product_id":"lowriders-san-francisco-1979-1980","title":"Lowriders San Francisco 1979-1980","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLOWRIDING IN THE MISSION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I began living and photographing in San Francisco’s Mission District in 1973. In 1979, I was asked by Rene Yañez, the director of the Galeria de La Raza, to join him in a new project he was putting together, a photographic documentation of the lowrider car scene in the Mission and the mainly Latino youths who made up its participants. I found it to be celebratory and exotic, and very intriguing as a documentary subject. During the next two years, I spent time photographing the scene, from its high point in 1979 and the beginning of 1980, through Mayor Diane Feinstein’s police crackdown. It was a special ride never since repeated in quite the same way. A drive both slow and fast, one that was artistic, hopeful, unique, youthful and ultimately dangerous when the police moved in to shut it down. With my lowrider photos, I hope to pass on to viewers a little of what the ride was all about.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLou Dematteis\u003cbr\u003eSan Francisco, California\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"LOU DEMATTEIS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53062458245487,"sku":"75039","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/6368\/0098\/files\/Lowriders_Cover.png?v=1780088626","url":"https:\/\/shop.famsf.org\/products\/lowriders-san-francisco-1979-1980","provider":"de Young \u0026 Legion of Honor Museum Stores","version":"1.0","type":"link"}