WE SKATE HARDCORE: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM BROOKLYN'S SOUTHSIDE - Rare Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed by Vincent Cianni - SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE

Cianni, Vincent

ISBN 10: 0814716423 / ISBN 13: 9780814716427

Published by New York City, NY: New York University Press, 2004, 2004

About this Item

1st Printing. Signed. 144 pages. Published in 2004. Retrospective collection of photographs on subject. One of the most brilliant photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Vincent Cianni and Yolanda Cuomo: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Vincent Cianni. Text by the photographer and various other skateboarders. DVD enclosed in its own slipcase that is pasted on the back endpaper. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated and uncoated stock papers to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Vincent Cianni's "We Skate Hardcore: Photographs From Brooklyn's Southside". Stunningly beautiful photographs of skateboarders at ease and in flight. "Reveals the determination, the dreams, and the rough-and-tumble story of urban Latino youth coming of age in New York City. Cianni spent eight years photographing and documenting a group of Latino skaters in the Southside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Weaves together images of the skaters with their own words, showing the skaters' struggles to find a place to skate and build skate parks, and just to survive in the city. In the evacuated industrial spaces of their neighborhood, the skaters carve out places for enjoying their sport and showing off their skills, often thwarting established rules and authority figures in the process. Their stories are both personal and resonant. They reflect the trials and tenacity of a young urban culture as well as life in Southside's Latino community. Includes DVD with footage of the skaters featured in the book" (Publisher's blurb). "You see their desire for life, family, home, and community, to move forward, and to become someone. You also see in these bold as well as intimate portraits, scenes, action shots, and still-video sequences, the life, blood, spirit, conscience, pride, and zeal of young skaters" (Review Quotes). An absolute "must-have" title for Vincent Cianni collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Vincent Cianni. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary photography classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white and color plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine copy. ISBN 0814716423. Seller Inventory # 21508

Bibliographic Details

Title: WE SKATE HARDCORE: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ...

Publisher: New York City, NY: New York University Press, 2004

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: None, As Issued

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: 1st Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

We Skate Hardcore Suitable for photographers, those interested in urban studies and adolescence, New Yorkers, and in-line skaters and extreme sports enthusiasts everywhere, this book weaves together images of the skaters with their own words, showing the skaters' struggles to find a place to skate and build skate parks, and just to survive in the city. Full description

Review:

”Cianni's collection of photographs is an arresting look at a group of boys who embraced a dangerous sport and in the process of building their skate parks and learning new stunts, formed a tight-knit community of friends who looked out for each other and helped one another survive.”

-Brooklyn Paper

”We Skate Hardcore points to a very hard reality. Cianni's photographs bear faces of an enduring working class, the people of 'Los Sures' in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. You see their desire for life, family, home, and community, to move forward and become someone. You also see in these bold as well as intimate portraits, scenes, action shots, and still video sequences, the life, blood, spirit, conscience, pride, and zeal of young in-line skaters and their tribes.”

-Juan Sanchez,Hunter College

”An evocative collection of black-and-white and full-color photographs captures the intriguing world of urban skaters, both in words and images.”

-Forecast

”Vincent Cianni has published a gritty turbulent account of a group of Latino in-line skaters hanging out and rolling through the rugged Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, New York.”

-Photo District News

”Chronicling young, mostly Latino people who used neighborhood parks and plazas to perfect their in-line skating moves. . . . More than just cool action shots. The images portray how these teens climbed toward adulthood in a changing neighborhood’s public spaces.”

-Time Out New York

”Think 'West Side Story' with skates.”

-Boston Sunday Globe