- Gavin Watson
- Posted on 15 Jun by Jonnie Craig · Art & Design · interview
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Gavin Watson grew up in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, photographing the people around him. In 1994 he released the highly acclaimed book 'Skins' on S. T PUBLISHING (The Times - "A modern classic") which documents the skin head culture through the late 70's and early 80's.
Top 5 reasons to be a skin head in 2009?
1. To attract other men in Brighton
2. You're fat, 45, and now look exactly like your grandad did in 1962
3. You're young and have seen This Is England but soon realise that everyone thinks you're National 4. Front and it lasts a week
4. You're a hard core right wing Polish nutter and don't give a fuck, I've seen a few of them
5. The guys that still love the music and scooters and ska and enjoy themselves , so that's about it reallyTop 5 people you would like to meet?
1. Myself when I was 14, 21 and 32
2. Kristian Birkeland
3. Scarlett Johansson
4. Gallilao
5. Howard Hughes when he was 30Top 5 cameras?
1. Olympus OM1
2. Nikon FM2
3. Mamyia RB67
4. Pentax OPTIO S7
5. Fuji S5 PROTop 5 reasons not to be a teddy boy?
1. Where would you get the clothes?
2. Having hair full of grease
3. No bombed out areas to hang about in
4. Cut throat razors not much use against guns
5. Bill Hayleys died a long time agoTop 5 worst things you've seen?
1. My neighbour shooting a Robin Red Breast when I was 9
2. My mate dying in front of me
3. Some of the sights me and my mate Kev saw when we sneaked into an Amsterdam porn shop on a school trip when we were 14, I was damaged for life
4. Pictures of what I was wearing in the 90's
5. Glastonbury the year the Berlin/Glasto wall went up-
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