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Product Details
Author:
Helge Tscharn
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
160
Publisher:
Verlag Kettler (October 28, 2025)
Imprint:
Verlag Kettler
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9783987412066
ISBN-10:
3987412062
Weight:
41.6oz
Dimensions:
9.449" x 11.811" x 0.7"
File:
Eloquence-SimonSchuster_03032026_P9790483_onix30_Complete-20260303.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$50.00
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
14
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$38.50
Publisher Identifier:
P-SS
Discount Code:
A
Overview
In 1981 Helge Tscharn began to photographically document the dawn of German skateboarding history. His photos, spanning over 40 years, exude the sweat and blood of the riders in every grain and appear like time capsules with an unmistakable feel for the moment. Text in English and German.
In 1981—just three years after skateboards first arrived in Germany from the USA—Helge Tscharn began to photographically document the dawn of German skateboarding history. Being part of the scene himself, Tscharn captured every phase of German skateboarding with his signature style: the raw beginnings of the 1980s, heavily influenced by the punk rock movement, were immortalized in grainy black-and-white shots, while color film and the occasional fisheye lens came into use in the era of hip-hop and 90s streetwear. Over the course of his career, he not only witnessed talent come and go, but also the rise of the stars of the skateboarding world—and often their tragic downfall.
Tscharn was always there, always in the thick of it, accompanying the indie and emo wave of the 2000s, the DIY culture of the 2010s, and of course, the present, which embraces and reinterprets all these influences. His photos, spanning over 40 years, exude the sweat and blood of the riders in every grain and appear like time capsules with an unmistakable feel for the moment.
With portraits of: Lance Mountain, Jim Greco, Sonic Youth, Pantera, Motorhead, Marc Gonzales, Tom Penny, Prodigy, Aphex Twin and others.
In 1981—just three years after skateboards first arrived in Germany from the USA—Helge Tscharn began to photographically document the dawn of German skateboarding history. Being part of the scene himself, Tscharn captured every phase of German skateboarding with his signature style: the raw beginnings of the 1980s, heavily influenced by the punk rock movement, were immortalized in grainy black-and-white shots, while color film and the occasional fisheye lens came into use in the era of hip-hop and 90s streetwear. Over the course of his career, he not only witnessed talent come and go, but also the rise of the stars of the skateboarding world—and often their tragic downfall.
Tscharn was always there, always in the thick of it, accompanying the indie and emo wave of the 2000s, the DIY culture of the 2010s, and of course, the present, which embraces and reinterprets all these influences. His photos, spanning over 40 years, exude the sweat and blood of the riders in every grain and appear like time capsules with an unmistakable feel for the moment.
With portraits of: Lance Mountain, Jim Greco, Sonic Youth, Pantera, Motorhead, Marc Gonzales, Tom Penny, Prodigy, Aphex Twin and others.








