Colin Pantall's blog: Yann Gross and African Skateboarders

Yann Gross and African Skateboarders

Colin Pantall’s blog about photography, writing, art and politics

Link: http://colinpantall.blogspot.com/2010/03/yann-gross-and-african-skateboarders.html

It’s the first east African skate park, and as a skateboarder I was fascinated by the community that had built up around it. It was constructed entirely by local kids. I ended up staying there for two months; I became friends with them first, and only then I started to take pictures.