Skateboard File I: Photographer Taro Hirano

Taro Hirano is better known as the photo editor of skateboard journal Sb, though its likely many have come across one of his more popular photo books which focused on abandoned skate pools in California. When Taro isn’t taking photographs, skateboarding or working in his darkroom, he’s probably downstairs in his own quaint gallery space, Gallery No. 12. The story goes back to the early 2000s when Taro was searching for a suitable darkroom however the inspiration for opening the gallery comes from the time which Taro spent in the United States, in particular a visit to New York. …»