Transitions and Exits : Photographs by Ari Marcopoulos - Ari Marcopoulos

KORTE INHOUD

Wild man Ari Marcopoulos crossed time zones incessantly while documenting the non-linear lives of one of the first 21st-century tribes: snowboarders. Rell Sun once called surfers the Gypsies of the Earth because they travel more and consume less. Snowboarders are the evolutionary offshoots of these nomads, who follow the seasons in search of what is embedded in their DNA. Transitions and Exitsdocuments much of the time these young nomads spend travelling to the Nirvana of fresh powder and perfect jumps. And the waiting in Purgatory: riders kindle their boredom with hours, even days of contemplation. It's the time when helicopters are grounded, low pressures are laying new carpets of snow, and the weather channel is only hinting at what's to come. In snowboarding there are many prodigies. They are young, come from California and Scandinavia, earn serious dough for play, and speak a unified language around boarding and the latest electronic gadgets. But after hearing the crack of a compound fracture sounding of...
2002Taal: Engelszie alle details...

Categorie

Details

2002Uitgever: New York, United States, powerHouse Books,U.S. 2002, 2002110 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1576870928ISBN-13: 9781576870921

REVIEWS VAN DIT BOEK