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“If that’s the case it’s not a                                                                                     When I first reached out to you, you               with skateboarding. Landscape,
                                                                                                                                      men�oned that you are currently
                                                                                                                                                                                         people, urban life. What is driving
                                                                                                                                                                                         this desire or is this part of your job
                                                                                                                                      not shoo�ng due to the pandemic.
                     bad way to say ‘Adiós’.”                                                                                         How do you support your family                     as a professional photographer?

                                                                                                                                      financially during this challenging
                                                                                                                                                                                         Mostly personal mo�va�on. I just like
                                                                                                                                      �me?                                               photography and I like building
                                                                                                                                      I’m not shoo�ng much                               stories with them. Many people think

                                                                                                                                      skateboarding, because I can’t travel              I only shoot Skateboarding because
                                                                                                                                      overseas or around Europe without                  that’s been my main job, but I’ve
                                                                                                                                      that 10 day lockdown upon arrival.                 been shoo�ng a lot of other stuff

                                                                                                                                      I’ve done a bit of skateboarding in                during the past 20 years. Most of
                                                                                                                                      France, but that’s about it. But I do              those stories were done while I was
                                                                                                                                      other photography jobs here and                    doing other jobs too.... so that links
                                                                                                                                      there, and the pandemic has been                   to what I men�oned earlier. To me

                                                                                                                                      great in that sense because it’s                   these photos are much more
                                                                                                                                      opened some new doors.                             important in my life and say more
                                                                                                                                                                                         about me than the actual photos I

                                                                                                                                                                                         was doing for those jobs.
                                                                                                                                      What are some of these other paid
                                                                                                                                      jobs you do?
                                                                                                                                      Most remarkable was with the                       One of the stories is called ‘Kings of

                                                                                                                                      Academy of Cinematographic Arts                    Ksar’. Ksar is a place in Tunisia where
                                                                                                                                      and Sciences of Spain. You’ll be able              the filmed parts of Star Wars
                                                                                                                                      to see some of the photos on TV at                 Episode 1 ‘Phantom Menace”.
                                                                                                                                      the Spanish Goya Awards, next                      Assuming you are into Star Wars or

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                                                                                                                                      Saturday 6 . It was pre�y amazing to               is this purely coincidental?
                                                                                                                                      meet and shoot all these famous                    Ksar is an amazing place with wild
                                                                                                                                      actors in Madrid.                                  street kids. I was there for a week

                                                                                                                                                                                         and really enjoyed it. My good friend
                                                                                                                                                                                         Julien Bachelier organized this trip to
                                                                                                                                      On your website you have a range of
                                                                                                                                                                                         bring boards and shoes to the kids of
                                                                                                                                      ‘stories’ that have nothing to do
                                                                                                                                                                                         that area, and teach them







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