‘Gavin’ 1988

I found this black card-backed layout I made of my first ever skateboard photo’s in a folder deep in my parents garage. It was surrounded by hundreds of pencil drawings of the monster from the ‘Dio’ album covers and still-lives of rams horns and nuts and bolts.
It scares me to think of how much time has passed since I made this and also how much the process of making these initial images nearly 25 years ago directed and paved the way for the rest of my life.
I gave a lecture at a photography symposium in Accrington College yesterday; I tried to show the pupils how a dogged belief in following something you love can work out…
I guess these pictures signify the point where I first sunk my teeth in. After that you just have to hold on, take the knocks and enjoy the trip!
Everything always works out…