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Category: Photography Book

PAUSE takes you on a visual journey with the skaters author Chris Middlebrook shared time with from 1990 to 2025, through photographic and video formats including 35mm, Polaroid, Super 8, 8MM, HI8, Mini DV & HD Video.

Chris Middlebrook has been documenting skateboarders and skateboarding for the past 35 years. He started skateboarding and shooting photos and video in his hometown of Frankston and never stopped. 

He has filmed in Melbourne for Blank Clothing and went on to work for Nike SB & Alien Workshop, shoot video clips for Eddy Current Suppression Ring, coached Australian Olympic Skateboarders and started brand April Skateboards.

315 page hard back
285mm x 285mm
300pp printed on 157gsm matte stock
15 Appendix pp printed on munkem 100 stock

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Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Ella ★★★★★

The Polaroid shots mixed in with the 35mm give this collection a raw, time-capsule feel, and the Super 8 stills have an almost nostalgic grain. I’ve spent hours just studying the different textures from each era.

Matthew L. ★★★★★

Flipping through this book feels like stepping into someone's private archive — the Polaroid shots have that grainy, instant-film warmth that 35mm just can't replicate. I've spent hours tracing the shift from Super 8 to HI8 across the decades, and the way it captures skate culture's evolution withou

Aurora ★★★★★

The mix of 35mm and Super 8 footage really captures the raw energy of that era, and the way Chris weaves the decades together feels like flipping through a friend’s old skate tapes. I’ve spent hours just staring at the grain and light in each frame, it’s honestly like stepping back in time.