Urban photography often walks a thin line between raw street documentary and deeply personal journaling. In How About Never, published by MACK, photographer and iconic skateboarder Jerry Hsu offers a striking visual study of Los Angeles captured over a fifteen year period starting in 2011. Rather than leaning into the sun-drenched, glitzy postcard image of LA, Hsu explores the city through its fractures, quiet decay, and unexpected beauty.

Growing up in skate culture gave Jerry Hsu a unique instinct for reading urban architecture. He sees the street not as a static backdrop, but as a living landscape full of overlooked possibilities. In How About Never, damaged fences, burned-out structures, discarded objects, and physical wounds sit alongside intimate portraits of friends and strangers. Beyond a portrait of an unstable city, the collection gradually reveals a deeply personal story. While assembling these photographs, Hsu realized he had recorded the arc of his own marriage—from falling in love to the eventual decision to separate. Violence and tenderness coexist in the same frame, transforming destruction into a potential site for rebirth and change.

For art lovers, photographers, and admirers of contemporary street culture, this photobook captures the emotional charge left behind by everyday urban encounters, and beyond.

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