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Format Perspective – special edition available now!

Ryan — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:38:41 +0000

Get your Christmas list back out and prepare to ask Santa for an additional present this year as Phil Evans has just released the special edition of his globe-trotting skate photography project Format Perspective!

The new version is comprised of the 128 page hardcover book and 63 minute DVD, along with six professionally produced prints (that’s one print for each of the featured photographers).

There are only 30 of these badboys available so head on over to Phil’s site and pick one up now!

“Skateistan: The Tale of Skateboarding in Afganistan” book launch – July 26th.

Ryan — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:16:24 +0000

The book launch for “Skateistan: The Tale of Skateboarding in Afganistan” is taking place in London on Thursday – get along if you can, it’s sure to be a belter of a night.

“Format Perspective” – a new film by Phil Evans. Out now!

Ryan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:54:23 +0000

After unforeseen duplication delays, “Format Perspective” the long awaited film by Ireland’s Phil Evans which explores the work, lives and opinions of six European skate photographers, is finally available!

Focusing on the photography of Nils Svensson (Malmö), Stuart Robinson (Belfast), Alex Irvine (London), Richard Gilligan (Dublin), Bertrand Trichet (Barcelona-Tokyo) and Sergej Vutuc (Heilbronn), Format Perspective provides insight into the different approaches used by this diverse line-up of photographers, and, as with Phil’s previous work, it has been filmed completely on Super 8. Both the DVD and DVD+book combo’s are now ready for purchasing over at http://www.formatperspective.com/shop.html, so get on the case and bag one up now before they all sell out!

Mark Whiteley and Joe Brook on the new Slap book.

Ryan — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:48:56 +0000

Mark Whiteley and Joe Brook talk about the new hardcover book they’ve been working on for Slap, made up of the finest photography that appeared on the online magazine during the first one and a half years of its existence following the demise of the print version.

This looks like it’ll definitely be one for the book case – UK release info to follow…

“Hand in Hand” – Cliché book release and exhibition, this Thursday!

Ryan — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:51:37 +0000

Ahead of the weekends Vans “Downtown Showdown” carnage in London, Cliché Skateboards will be holding an exhibition for the release of their latest book of French Fred photography, “Hand in Hand”.

Head down to the Wayward Gallery this coming Thursday at 6:30pm to view a variety of photography from the book, consume free beer and vodka and have your ears blessed by a selection of tunage from Lev and the PWBC.

See the flyer below for more details…

Win a signed Tony Hawk board and “How Did I Get Here?” books!

Ryan — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:50:54 +0000

To celebrate the release of Tony Hawk’s new book “How Did I Get Here? The Ascent of an Unlikely CEO” published by Wiley, we’ve got a SIGNED Tony Hawk Birdhouse deck and ten copies of his new book to giveaway. For a taste of what’s in store from the book, scroll below the competition entry form for a sample chapter!

All you need to do is answer the question below...

The title of Tony Hawk's new book claims that The Birdman is a CEO, but what exactly does CEO stand for?

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Open publication – Free publishing – More sample chapter

Win éS Footwear “15 Years Of Atiba” books!

Ryan — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:29:51 +0000

To celebrate the fifteen years that Atiba Jefferson has spent working as a staff photographer for éS Footwear, éS and Atiba joined forces to bring you “15 Years Of Atiba”, a special book crammed with some of Atiba’s finest photography.

We've got five of these badboys to pass on to you lot, so answer the simple question below to be in with a chance of bagging one up!

How many years has Atiba spent working as a staff photographer for éS?

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