| Title | : | Transitions and Exits |
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| ISBN | : | 1576870928 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781576870921 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 |
| Publication | : | First published October 31, 2000 |
Transitions and Exits documents much of the time these young nomads spend travelling to the Nirvana of fresh powder and perfect jumps. And the waiting in 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 off the walls of a perfectly shaped halfpipe—the price paid for mastering a new trick—it's hard to label this life glamorous.
With photos and digital video grabs of the world's top snowboarders—all of whom are under the age of 25— Transitions and Exits showcases, in a hardcore artist's book and DVD, a brilliant take on a surreal world, much like Larry Clark's Tulsa .
Transitions and Exits Reviews
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Really cool photo book. Great quality in the prints. Interesting portraits of snowboarders in their late teens & early 20s engaged in various nefarious activities. I got into Ari’s work mainly from his zines and his portraiture, he has a greater ability to capture things genuinely than counterparts in the New York photo scene such as Larry Clark; his work seems much less manipulative and contrived than Clark’s. Insightful interview at the end of the book as well, he talks about being an assistant to Warhol in the 70s & 80s which I thought was a cool connection.
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I'm probably slightly biased here because I'm in the book (albeit in the background in a photo) and I've met Ari on several instances. That said, Ari is an amazing photographer and when he produced this book in 2000, no one else was photographing snowboarding in this manner. His approach—both in technical terms and also in his effort to dive into the daily lives of pro snowboarders—has allowed a fully different gaze into the sport. Instead of just the glossy action shots you'd expect, you also get an incredible view into what it's like to travel as a pro and live out of the proverbial suitcase. You also will see on these pages the forerunner of the same aesthetic approach we now see in so much snow/surf/skateboarding photography and ads today. Yet in the year 2000, it was a novel approach fueled by both the growth and energy of snowboarding as a sport and by pioneering graphic designers of the 1990s like David Carson. A decade later, it's certainly possible to tell this book stems from the early 2000s but at the same time it's remained 100% fresh. I highly recommend it to anyone into snowboarding or photography.
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wildly formal in what appears to be boy chaos, the conversion of the mountain into an unconscious form/sculpture.
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I am trying to understand the appeal of Marcopulos. I am trying, but I still do not see it. Some artists totally elude me as to why they are so loved.
