California concrete
Subtitle: a landscape of skateparks
By: Amir Zaki ; essays by Tony Hawk, Peter Zellner
Contributors: Hawk, Tony, writer of supplementary content; Zellner, Peter, writer of supplementary content
Publisher: Merrell Publishers
Published: 2019
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781858946788
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Skateboarding parks; Pictorial works
Description: Southern California is the birthplace of skateboard culture and, even though skateparks may be found worldwide today, it is where these parks continue to flourish as architects, engineers and skateboarders collaborate to refine their designs. The artist Amir Zaki grew up skateboarding, so he has an understanding of these spaces and, as someone who has spent years photographing the built and natural landscape of California, he has a deep appreciation of the large concrete structures not only as sculptural forms, but also as significant features of the contemporary landscape, belonging to a tradition of architecture and public art. To capture the images in this book, Zaki photographed in the early-morning light, climbing inside the bowls and pipes while there were no skaters around. Each photograph is a composite of dozens of shots taken with a digital camera mounted on a motorized tripod head. The resulting images are incredibly high resolution and can be printed at a large scale with no loss of detail.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.