Heyman is a San Ramon Valley High School Class of 1977 graduate and was a photographer for the school newspaper, The Wolf Print. He documented the skateboarding scene at Montevideo, a drainage ditch in San Ramon popular with skateboarders across Northern California. His photographs bring us a glimpse of this short-lived, largely forgotten time at […]
Heyman is a San Ramon Valley High School Class of 1977 graduate and was a photographer for the school newspaper, The Wolf Print. He documented the skateboarding scene at Montevideo, a drainage ditch in San Ramon popular with skateboarders across Northern California. His photographs bring us a glimpse of this short-lived, largely forgotten time at the birthplace of modern skateboarding.
Starting Wednesday, “Montevideo: Skateboarding History in the San Ramon Valley” goes on exhibit through June 8. “Montevideo: Skateboarding History in the San Ramon Valley” is an exhibit of rare skateboarding photographs from the summer of 1976. Using black-and-white pictures, Heyman unveils a time capsule of local history and a nostalgic look back at a bygone era—one that was instrumental in the evolution of skateboarding as a worldwide sport.
The Museum of The San Ramon Valley, 205 Railroad Ave. in Danville, is open 1 – 4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, and noon-3 p.m. Sunday. Reach the museum at 925-837-3750. CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA—A new exhibit by Orinda-based photographer Jeff Heyman opens Wednesday at the Museum of The San Ramon Valley in Danville.
Heyman is an award-winning fine art photographer and photojournalist whose work has been exhibited at the Lafayette Library, the Orinda Library, the Frank Bette Center for the Arts in Alameda, and the de Young Museum in San Francisco.
