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THEMONTHAHEAD TASTEMAKERS STAY LOCAL LOOK TRAVELESSAY ROADTRIP THEFAN
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portsphotographer Jonathan
Mehring’s newbook, Skate the
World, is a collectionof 200
witty, hopeful andhaunting
images of skaters fromaround the
globe. These shots—including tricksters
doing50-50grinds in theMoroccan
desert (pictured), frontsidekickflips ina
Kazakhstani park, backside lipslides off
aCommunistmonument inMongolia,
andeven riding througha scrapped
transcontinentalmissile inUkraine—
canbeweirdly incongruous, andat
the same time impossiblygraceful.
—CHRISWRIGHT
(OCT. 6)
Ramping ItUp
Anewbookof photography
provides uswith anovelway
of looking at theworld
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