Skate Park Anniversary

Eleven-year-old Kaden Campbell is silhouetted against the sun at the skate park in Southeast Clarke Park on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 in Athens, Ga.

(Thats what ran in the paper as opposed to my artistic rendition. Yes shooting into the sun gives me a migrane.)

So they forced me to photograph at the skatepark as it just had it's 5th anniversary. (Next thing you know, they'll be forcing me to take a raise.) Thanks to 11-year-old Kaden Campbell, I've got a portfolio of skate photos.

Lots more after the jump.





Eleven-year-old Kaden Campbell skates at the skate park in Southeast Clarke Park on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 in Athens, Ga.

One of the reasons I got into photography was to take pictures like Glen E. Friedman in the book "F*ck You Heroes." He covered skateboarding and the punk/rap scene around Los Angeles in the late 70s and early 80s. His music & skate photos are a big influence on how i approach both of those scenes. Basically, if the subject is extreme then the photos have to be as well. I mean



14-year-old Ian Brussack skateboards at the skate park in Southeast Clarke Park on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 in Athens, Ga.



Eleven-year-old Wyatt Wilson, right, and Kai Campbell skateboard at the skate park in Southeast Clarke Park on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 in Athens, Ga.



Eleven-year-old Kaden Campbell is silhouetted against the sun at the skate park in Southeast Clarke Park on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 in Athens, Ga.





Chad Sutton, left, and Ian Brussack watch as Kaden Campbell, left, loses his board at the skate park in Southeast Clarke Park on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 in Athens, Ga.



A skater by the moniker of "Patio" does a handstand at the skatepark at Southeast Clarke Park on Thursday, April 15, 2010 in Athens, Ga.

Apparently Patio has a legend around him, but I'm not privy to that, yet.