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Photo Submission by Luke Carl Thompson on Jan 12, 2012 - 10:01

Luke Carl Thompson

ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER

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Luke Carl Thompson
Australia

Bio

Born and bred in the most isolated city in the world. Luke has been captivated by skateboarding and visual mediums for more than ten years. Starting out at ground level capturing his friends on video skateboarding around Perth. Then transitioning on to focus on still images after a few years. He has now grown into a full time professional photographer shooting a wide range including advertising, fashion and music. Maintaining the passion for his work and giving it 100% Luke is excited to find out where the future will take him.

About the Shot

Barry Mansfield seems to end up in many of my favourite skateboarding images. Again he came through with the goods by climbing up onto a second story rooftop to do some tricks over a drainpipe. This was my favourite from that day, a nice big bs kickflip. Being on a rooftop the run up is very short, however Barry seems to have a knack for generating speed and pop out of nowhere so he was perfectly suited to a spot like this one. After landing a few of these and several other tricks, local law enforcement showed up just in time to ask Barry why the hell he was risking his life to skate on a second story rooftop. Luckily we had already captured many great photos and the police understood that this rooftop looks like it was purpose built for skateboarding. So they showed a bit of leniency and let us off with a warning.