- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Gingko Press (Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1584230029
- ISBN-13: 978-1584230021
- Product Dimensions: 26.7 x 19 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,365,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Mainly a photographic book, 'Dysfunctional' gives it's reader a taster of the kind of lives that most skaters lead. The photographs are imaginative, real, shocking and at times humourous (don't be mislead by the enourmous bruised bum that appears on one of the first pages!) The book suggests that most skaters live for skating, and do in fact eat, sleep and breathe it too. This is backed up by the photos of skaters sleeping next to ramps, and by some of the things that the skaters themselves say. We also get an insight into the skate art, with a lot of focus on the art work found on skate boards and the graffiti found around skate parks. A very exciting and memorable book, especially for people interested in skating and contemporary photography.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
A Breif History ...
13 Dec 1999
Visually this book is beutiful - well designed and layed out, great photographs and excellent printing - I prefere the lack of glare from an uncoated paper. I like the text all in the front and the pics seperate. After reading The Conrete Wave I realized that Dysfunctional is very breif in the telling of the history of skateboarding. Although, it does have some interesting things Michael Brooke didn't document. There's a great collection of skate deck graphics throughout the book that doesn't go back far enough in time - it looks like it starts in the mid-to-late 80s. Also a great collection of old magaine covers and advertisements is included. What I dislike about both books is that you need to reference a glossary in th back to find out what a photographs all about. Well worth the price and a good addition to a skaters library - oldschool or new alike.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Dysfunctional
25 Nov 2000
Dysfunctional is a very beautiful book with very lovely photographs and pictures. As stupid as this sounds, I think it has excellent binding. It has little text, but I think the pictures explain much more than words. It didn't feature a lot of skateboarding tricks and stunts, but more of advertisements and ads and stickers etc., which you don't see anymore. Dysfunctional showed the spirit of skateboarding more than the history of skateboarding, but I have no complaints about that. It's a little expensive, but it's definitely worth it, I enjoyed it a lot; it's a book that you can look at over and over again and not get sick of. :)
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
this book rules!
17 Sep 1999
This book is great, it documents skateboading in a fresh way, mixing action photos with classic skate advertising and graphics. What I want to know is when somebody is going to put out a book on the gonz's life. (see broken poems)
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