Polaroid partners with renowned community photographers to capture the culture of skateboarding in major cities
The L‘Habitat exhibition is shining a light on the creative energy and rebellious spirit as it thrives in LA, Tokyo, etc. Open for public, Jun 20 - July 06 in Paris
L’Habitat is a first-hand view of the major cities that shape the culture of skateboarding. As the mainstream focuses on what’s happening in the arenas in the Summer of 2024, this exhibition shines a light on skateboarding’s creative energy and rebellious spirit as it thrives in Los Angeles, London, Tokyo, Barcelona, and Paris. The photographs of L’Habitat are a window looking into the inner life of these environments, where skateboarders live, work, play, create, and capture lasting moments.
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As much as modern life is a quest for innovation and efficiency, the most interesting events are rooted in subversion. Through skateboarding, groups of misfits autonomously interact and reshape their habitats using the structures created for work, order, and recreation in ways they were never intended. Featuring work by Alex Papke, Sirus F. Gahan, Nobuo Iseki, Cris Bravo, Margaux Saingolet, Magdalena Wosinska, and more, this project unites a worldwide collective of renowned photographers from the skate community to present their finite environments through a medium that defines the happenstance of creativity.
From restrictive signs in Tokyo to emptied pools in LA, L’Habitat offers a unique and unfiltered snapshot of the culture that shapes so many identities and is undergoing massive changes from the deluge of digital images to rampant commercialization. The show is entirely captured on Polaroid instant film, an analogue medium that preserves real- life in physician form. L’Habitat celebrates a culture of embracing the unknown, redefining city landscapes, and the personality and power of a global community going against the grain.
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