RECOVER PROJECT RECOVER PROJECT A COLLECTION OF MAGAZINE (RE)COVERING
BY LUCAS BEAUFORT
Published by xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxx For more information, visit our website at lucasbeaufort.com Š 2012 Lucas Beaufort All Rights Reserved Printed and bound in France First edition No part of this book may be used or produced in any manner without permission from the publisher, except in the context of reviews. Editor : Lucas Beaufort contact@lucasbeaufort.com Designer : Corentin Bertau contact@hurricanedesign.fr Photos by Corentin Bertau Lucas Beaufort Recover Project ISBN xxx xxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxx
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CONTENT P.8 // PREFACE P.10 // BIOGRAPHY P.12 // MAGAZINES P.94 // ADS P.118 // INDEX P.120 // SPECIAL THANKS
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PREFACE déchire et cultive mon imagination. J’ai eu la chance d’exposer plusieurs fois en France et de collaborer avec des marques de skate et de snowboard.
Je n’ai pas toujours aimé la peinture. J’ai pourtant baigné dedans avec ma mère qui accrochait ses toiles un peu partout à la maison. J’ai dû tester une fois ou deux à l’adolescence pour passer le temps mais rien de sérieux. Au milieu des années 90, je me suis mis à skater à fond. A cette époque il n’y avait pas autant de structures qu’aujourd’hui. J’allais au collège avec ma board, c’était la bonne époque. Aujourd’hui j’ai passé la trentaine et je ne manque pas l’occasion d’aller skater les ruelles cannoises, la ville où je suis né. La peinture est venue par hasard à l’âge de 26 ans. J’ai eu comme un besoin de créer, de libérer ma pensée. Depuis ce jour, pas une seconde ne passe sans que je dessine,
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Le projet de peindre sur les couvertures de magazines est également arrivé de nulle part. On laisse traîner des choses, on les assemble et le puzzle se forme. Tout a commencé avec une couverture de Vice magazine. J’ai envoyé une photo de l’illustration et l’idée a plu. Motivé comme jamais, j’ai sorti toute ma collection de Transworld, Thrasher et autre Skateboarder mag. Réinterpréter une photo c’est lui donner un second souffle, une nouvelle vie. J’ai pensé aussi que de réunir tous les maillons de la chaîne (photographes, athlètes, marques, magazines) pouvait rendre le projet plus interactif. Il était important que je reste fidèle à mon univers qui se compose de personnages monstrueusement gentils et ouverts sur le monde. Il y a une grande curiosité derrière tout ce processus, une envie d’apprendre et de s’améliorer.
I didn’t always love painting. Yet growing up, I was surrounded by it with my mother’s paintings that hung all around the house. I tried it once or twice when I was young, but it was never anything serious. In the mid-90s, I started to get really into skateboarding. At that time, there were not many structures. I used to go to school with my board, it was the good old days. Today, I am 30 years old and I don’t pass up an opportunity to go skate the streets of Cannes, the city where I was born. Painting, on the other hand, was accidental. At the age of 26, I suddenly felt the need to create, to free my mind. Since that day, not one second goes by without me drawing and cultivating my imagination. I have been able to exhibit in France several times and to collaborate with skate and snowboard brands. The idea to paint on the front page of magazines came out of nowhere, too. It all started with a cover of Vice magazine. I sent them the artwork and they liked it. More motivated than ever, I took out my entire collection of Transworld, Thrasher and Skateboarder magazines and just drew away. To make the project more interactive, I wanted to bring everyone together, from the photographers and athletes, to the brands and magazines. But it was important that I remain faithful to my world, which consists of characters monstrously nice and open to the world. There is a great curiosity behind this process, a desire to learn and improve. Like life. Reinterpreting a picture is just that: it’s giving it a second chance, a new life.
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01. MAGAZINES
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Magazine: Huck State: UK N째32: April/May 2012 In this picture: Thomas Campbell Photographer: Andrew Paynter
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Magazine: Erosion State: Spain N째59: October/November 2011 In this picture: Fran Molina Photographer: Sergio Alvarez
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Magazine: Transworld Skateboarding State: USA May 2012 In this picture: Dennis Busenitz Photographer: Dave Chami
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Magazine: Color State: Canada N째8.6: Winter 2010/2011 In this picture: Trevor Martin Photographer: Nicholas
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Magazine: Desillusion State: France N째34: March/April 2012 In this picture: Andrew Reynolds Photographer: Atiba Jefferson
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Magazine: Fricote State: France N째6: March/April/May 2012 Original cover illustrated by Lili Scratchy
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Magazine: Sugar State: France N째134: April 2012 In this picture: Madars Apse Photographer: Gaston Francisco
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Magazine: Whitelines State: UK N째100: January 2012 In this picture: Knut Eliassen Photographer: Lorenz Holder
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Magazine: Whitelines N째100 (Detail)
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Magazine: Vice State: France Volume 5/ Number 6
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Magazine: Sugar State: France N째135: May 2012 In this Picture: Axel Cruysberghs Photographer: Eric Antoine
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Magazine: Skateboarder State: USA Volume 22: February/March 2012 In this picture: Brian Delatorre Photographer: Andrew Peters
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Magazine: Desillusion State: France N째33: January/February 2012 In this picture: Trevor Andrew Photographer: Craig Wetherby
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Magazine: Fricote State: France N째5: December to February 2012
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Magazine: Place State: Germany N°32: January 2012 In this picture: Michael «Fitschi» Tan Photographer: Mikendo
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Magazine: Playboard State: Germany Photo Issue 10: 2011/2012 In this picture: Christian Pletnner Photographer: Davy Van Laere
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Magazine: Pleasure State: Germany N°96: November 2011 In this picture: Mark Landvik Photographer: Danny Zapalac
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Magazine: Sugar State: France N°136: May 2012 In this Picture: Jason Dill Photographer: O’Meally
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Magazine: 7Sky State: Switzerland N°86: Spring 2012 In this picture: Jan Scherrer Photographer: Cyril Müller
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Magazine: Place State: Germany N째27: April 2011 In this picture: Pascal Reif Photographer: Adam Sello
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Magazine: Color State: Canada N째7.6: Winter 2009/2010 In this picture: John Rattray (right) & Silas Baxter-Neal Photographer: Dylan Doubt
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Magazine: Vice State: France Volume 5 / Number 3
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Magazine: Snéakers State: Germany N°13: January 2012
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Magazine: Color State: Canada N째9.4: Autumn 2011 In this picture: Sam Lind Photographer: Terry Worona
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Magazine: Thrasher State: USA February 2012 In this picture: Peter Ramondetta Photographer: Broach
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Magazine: Thrasher February 2012 (Detail)
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Magazine: Kingpin State: UK N째95: November 2011 In this picture: Tim Zom Photographer: Davy Van Laere
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Magazine: Pleasure State: Germany N째94: September 2011 In this picture: Jake Blauvelt Photographer: Adam Moran
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Brand : Fourstar In this picture : Ishod Wair
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Brand : Girl skateboards In this picture : Sean Malto (left) & Mike Mo Capaldi
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Girl skateboards (Detail)
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Brand : Nike SB In this picture : Eric Koston signature model
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Brand : Nike SB In this picture : Omar Salazar
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HANK YOU ! Transworld skateboarding, Thrasher,
Desillusion, Sugar, Pleasure, Kingpin,
Erosion, Fricote, Huck, Color, Whitelines,
Vice, Skateboarder, Place, Playboard, 7sky, Snéakers, Monster, Method, Soma,
The skateboard mag, Act, Citizen K, Clark, Whiteout, Sequence, Alex Irvine, Alexis de Tarade, Astur, Benedikt Heimstadt, Benjamin Markstein, Blair Alley, Charley, Corinne Tâche-Berther, Daniel Mathieu, Ed Andrews, Helge Zirkl, Holger Von Krosigk, Julien Pham, Kevin Convertito, Kevin Duffel, Luidgi Gaydu, Kevin Wilkins, Maxi Januszewski, Oliver Tielsch, Jaime Owens, Sandro Grison, Sebastian Vellrath, Torsten Frank, David Tura, Fred & Emilie “Girlshop”, Sebastien Zanella.
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