Today : Julien Deniau, Unavista, 33, Paris Fr. / Barcelona Es.

Who are you?
I’m Julien Deniau, 33 years old. From the suburbs of Paris, I live in Barcelona since 2000. Skater and freelance photographer for almost 20 years, start filming for the French documentaries and painting when it’s raining.

Where are you right now?
In Paris, trying to work a bit.

What’s your current camera set up?
I have an old Hasselblad 300M, Nikon D200 with long lens and fisheye 10,5 and a old Canon ftb with different lenses.

Felix Polo May – switch heel flip

What’s your current skateboard set up?
Whatever 8 inches board, Independent trucks, Chaka Wheels 53, Swiss Bones bearings…

What inspires you?
My inspiration is coming from the world I live, what I see and what I feel. I try to show how I see the world. Traveling is the best way to learn life.

Who inspires you?
All people I met during my travels.

Fabien Zuffo – feeble grind pop out

What was the last music track you listened to?
When Grieg Meets Rossini by Tha Trickaz , Abstract Hip-Hop & Electro crew.

What was the last cool stuff you have seen on the web?
That skate part of Cory Kennedy. Huffff! crazy rider!
That’s the new generation of skateboarders…

Where can we see your work?
www.unavista.net

Xico Basbi – board front pop out

Anything you would like to add?
Would like to thank my family, my friends, all the riders I’ve met since. Lines curbs, Chaka Wheels, klapshop.com.
Go skate everyday!!
Creation is the way to get eternal!!

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Portrait © Rico Saxy / Other pics © Julien Deniau

Thx @taniki :)

Today’s photographer, Guillaume Périmony, 24, Amiens, France, is best known for his video work, which has already been featured here on SI.

Remember J’irai pas à Paris ?





Who are you?
I’m Guillaume Périmony, 24, i’m living in AMIENS CITY, north of France.
I’m filming skateboard stuffs most of the time, and i take some pictures when is possible (which is really rare). I’m also skateboarding when there’s no footage going on.

Where are you right now?
At work. Lunching.



autoportrait


What’s your current camera set up?
Bronica SQA, F801s, Olympus OM1, Olympus XA, an old SEMFLEX.
And I’m filming with a TRV900 with a baby death fisheye.

What’s your current skateboard set up?
Nude board 8.5, old thunder trucks my girl friend skated few years ago and 56mm spitfire wheels which might be less than 50mm now..

Andrew Michaan – backside ollie

What inspires you?
Gifted people and beautiful girls (which could be included in gifted people).
I’m so jealous of them cause the only thing i can do to make good things is working hard.

Who inspires you?
My parents have passed their life working and putting love in what they done.
Nothing inspires and motivates me more.

Charles Collet – tuck knee

What was the last music track you listened to?
Might be a Leonard Cohen song i think.

What was the last cool stuff you have seen on the web ?
Brice Gelot interview for sure !



Vins Coupeau – backside smith


 
Where can we see your work?
Pics : www.flickr.com/photos/guiom/
Vidéo : vimeo.com/user1053241

Anything you would like to add?
Thanks to my parents, my lovely wife, and every skateboarders giving their times to do stuffs.

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All photos/videos © Guillaume Périmony

This is the first skateinfusion’s photographer profile of the new decade.
Happy New Decade, you all :)


Please welcome Brice Gelot, 24, Dijon, France





Hi Brice, who are you?

Brice Gelot, independant photographer, 24 years old.
At the present time, I live in Dijon, a small french town. I belong to 2 collectives : eternal-core that I’ve created in 2005 and I joined feel frame created in 2009.
I take skate and bmx pictures because I’m surrounded by this atmosphere since childhood. Then, I began to take pictures of my friends and I evolved.
Now i’m really interested in reporting.


Where are you right now?

At the moment, I’m at home with my girlfriend.


What’s your current camera set up?

I only work with Canon, especially with Eos 5D Mark II, 7D, Canon lenses and my old 300D rebel.



Antiz Tour 2009


What’s your current skateboard set up?
I don’t skate, only some bmx.
I began photography in 1999 with my friends. I work with teams like Antiz, Syndrom, Doble, Shifty and I work for Volcom Europe.


What inspires you?
In photography like in my life, I’m inspired by reporting…I want to show my vision, my ideas through my photos.



Clément Renaut – indy front



Who inspires you?
There are so much black and white talented photographer with different styles that I can’t name all of them. I’m found of history, art, design, painting, and music because this is where I find my inspiration.
My family and my girlfriend give me a reason to continue doing what I like and help me to always going further.


What was the last music track you listened to?
My last music track : Lucero – Little silver heart
I really like this band and I often listen this song.


What was the last cool stuff you have seen on the web ?
levisbmx.com.
I’m beginning to film and edit. Will Stroud’s work (for levisbmx) is wonderfull.



Yoann Blond – boneless 360



Where can we see your work?
 
www.bricegelot.com
brice-gelot.blogspot.com


Anything you would like to add? 
First, thank you for this interview for skateinfusion, then a big thank you to my family, my friends, and my girlfriend that I love so much and who bring me all the happiness I need in my life.
God bless and “live fast, die young”

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All photos by Brice Gelot © eternal-core & feel frame

It’s a great pleasure and honor to have J. Grant Brittain on skateinfusion for a photographer profile today !

Hi Grant, who are you?
J. Grant Brittain, 53 years old, Leo, live in Encinitas with wife, two teens, cat and puppy. Just trying to live the best I can in this short time we have. I try to surf when the swell hits. I am a photographer, I shoot skateboarding for my job and artsy stuff for fun and sanity. I am part owner of The Skateboard Mag in Solana Beach, CA. I want to be buried with my Leica.

Where are you right now?
I am home with a puppy trying to keep her from peeing on the floor.

What’s your current camera set up?
For skateboarding, Canon Eos-1d Mark 2, Canon lenses, Hasselblad 301 CW, Leica M6 and Canon G9 and a shit-load of other cameras.

Pierre-André Senizergues

What’s your current skateboard set up?
A Powell street cruiser.

What inspires you?
My family, they make my life very full. Music and Art past and present. Nature, the sky, land and the ocean fulfill me and motivate me to make photos.

Tony Hawk, 1985

Who inspires you?
I feed off of my peers in my work, they get and keep me going. The Masters in photography and Art show me how great Humans can be.

What was the last music track you listened to?
Listened to David Bowie, LOVE, Harold Budd with Robin Guthrie today in car and work. Music is constant.

Andy MacDonald

What was the last cool stuff you have seen on the web ?
Good Problem, it’s a blog a bunch of people contribute to, I have Wednesday. JPG Mag, I load my photos on that. Huffington Post. theskateboardmag.com
I look at a lot of photo sites.

Where can we see your work?
http://www.jgrantbrittain.com/
http://grantbrittainphotography.blogspot.com/
http://www.jpgmag.com/people/jgrantbrittain
http://theskateboardmag.com/blogs/j-grant-brittain/
I am in a group show in portland, Oregon on March 15.

Anything you would like to add?
Thanks to my family for trusting in me. Thanks to Mother Earth for Life.

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All pictures copyright J. Grant Brittain

Philipp Bayer, phbayer, 20, Styria, Austria

Who are you?
My name is Philipp Bayer and i’m from austria (styria). I’m 20 years old, and for 4 years I’m taking pictures of snowboarding, skateboarding and biking.

Where are you right now?
I’m at home in front of my mac.

What’s your current camera set up?
NIKON Elite!!!! A bunch of Pocket Wizards and ProPhoto flashers.

What’s your current skateboard set up?
I’m riding the same DGK deck for one year. I got Indy trucks and Jart Wheels. At christmas my friend Julian Köstinger gave me a new Plan-B Ryan Scheckler.

What inspires you?
FLICKR, the american lifestyle, beautiful summerdays, good lighted and colourfull skate and snowboard pictures, secret spots which look unable to skate, watching chicks at skating or taking pictures (haha), snow splashes on pictures and good electronic and dirty south music

Who inspires you?
Vincent Laforet, Daniel Wagner, Thomas Podgorny, Aaron Smith, Alex Burrell and Peter Bender

What was the last music track you listened to?
Autobahn – Flashgordon! Flashgordon is a Hip Hop/Electronic producer out of Hamburg. I like his mixtapes and his tracks with famous samples.

What was the last cool stuff you have seen on the web ?
Most of the time I’m looking for hot extremesport and random pictures on flickr. Here are some of my favourites:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielwagner/3075749536/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mc_white/42210754/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moderns-r-us/419671263/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarmstrong/2143654612/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomekmisiek/2216545665/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/riecht-laut/2276649173/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tigric/2303915277/

 

Where can we see your work?
Soon in the magazines ;)

Anything you would to add?
I’d like to thank Martin Hubmann, Hans Kainz, Mani Gruber and all the other people who I’m shooting with. And Nikon for the development of the best objective (10,5mm).
A fuck out to all the peeps who think, that taking good pictures is no work, and who don’t know what i’ve done for them. And fuck all that special people who are hating about my pictures and for themselve the dno’t know where the are able to set the white balance.

Check http://www.phfoto.tk/ !

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All pictures copyright Philipp Bayer, phbayer

Aaron Smith, asmith photography, 21, Atlanta, USA

Who are you?
My name is Aaron Smith. I’m 21 years old. I’m originally from Kansas City but now I live in Atlanta, GA going to photography school. My main source of income is selling photos at this point.

Where are you right now?
I’m answering these questions from the comfort of my bed while talking on the phone with Maddie Phillips. She thinks I should make up all these answers because she thinks it would be funny.

malto – bs overcrook

What’s your current camera set up?
My current camera set up consist of a Canon 5D, Hasselblad 501c, Nikon D2H, and a Holga.

What’s your current skateboard set up?
I recently broke my foot about 3 weeks ago so I haven’t looked at my board in a while but here’s what I remember. Habitat Danny Garcia board, Thunder trucks, old Malto Spitfire wheels, and a mix match of everything else.

What inspires you?
Lots of stuff! Both skateboard related and art related. Magazines, books, music, skate videos, movies, friends, and stuff like that. I get real pumped watching either Ryan Lovell’s new Kansas City video Fourteen Deep or Chris Thiessen’s new Atlanta video Meanwhile. All the new Lakai stuff gets me pretty pumped. Stuff like that I guess.

nate – varial heel

Who inspires you?
In the skateboard world – Brian Gaberman, Oliver Barton, Seu Trinh, Mike O’Meally, Skin Phillips, Scott Pommier, Jon Humphries, Ryan Flynn, Joe Brook, Jonathan Mehring, Ryan Allan.
In the art world – Annie Leibowitz, Chuck Close, Dan White, Eugen Richards, the Day 19 duo, and so many more that I don’t remember off the top of my head.
In the homie world – Ryan Lovell, Chris Thessen, Garrett Olinger, Ben Kelly, Dave Greer, Wes Cummings, Kate Asanov, Maddie Phillips, and I’m sure there are tons more. All my friends inspire me!

What was the last music track you listened to?
I’ve been into a lot of stuff recently. Janis Joplin, Pink Floyd, Wilco, Delta Spirit, Gerry And The Pacemakers, Cat Power, Neil Young, Jets to Brazil, Radiohead. 

What was the last cool stuff you have seen on the web ?
Due to my broken foot, I’ve been exploring the internet a whole lot more. Check these places out….
http://picsuremebloggin.blogspot.com/
http://warmupspotkc.blogspot.com/
http://atlantahatesus.com/
http://escapistskateboarding.com/
http://www.jrsrules.blogspot.com/
http://ilooklikeme.blogspot.com/
http://davegreer.tumblr.com/
http://mediastorm.org/
http://ryanallanphoto.blogspot.com/

nick – 5-0

Where can we see your work?
A few different places…
www.asmith-photography.com
flickr.com/photos/asmith-photography
asmith.transworld.net
asmithphotography.blogspot.com
http://espn.go.com/action/news/story?id=3830184

Anything you would like to add?
Thanks so everyone that’s helped me to get where I’m at today. Thanks a lot to Transworld for the internship and everything you’ve done for me! Thanks to Sharon at Converse. Cullen at DVS. James and Skateboarder. Joe Brook. Thanks to Kris Markovich and the Markovich family! Thanks to Maddie Phillips. Thanks Malto, Ryan, Jlo, Max, Doug, Dreams, Rod, and everyone in KC. Thanks to all the homies! And Thanks skateinfusion for this! Later.

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All pictures copyright Aaron Smith / www.asmith-photography.com

Fred Ferand, El Gato Negro, 42, Bordeaux, France

1- Who are you?
I’m Fred, 42 year’s old, I live in Bordeaux in france south west and I’m a  phys. ed. teacher

2- Where are you right now?
nursing a pretty heavy headache

3- What’s your current camera set up?
body: 1D mkIII,
lenses: peleng fisheye 8mm, canon 50mm 1.8, canon 70-200mm 2.8, canon 17-35mm 2.8
I have radio slave, thanx to Alex Pires, an off shoe cord and 2 canon flashes (one is a gift from D. Manaud, thanx to him too)

4- What’s your current skateboard set up? You bet ! my all time favorite board is the Skaterbuilt VRSII, wobbly indy’s  169, skaterbuilt poolsideflavors wheels 60mm, 99 duro, white khiro bushings (really mellow), and some good old rails just to get the old style look. check out skaterbuilt on the net, great company !

5- What inspires you?
In photography: I’m an avid reader, I love art (my mama is a great painter ) and also I constantly browse the net searching for nice images & inspiration, for example I find site like The Big Picture very interesting, image and text wise.
In life, family matters the most.

6- Who inspires you?

really I’m like a sponge, I love to share and meet other people. I don’t consider myself a photographer, it’s just a tool I use to freeze a moment in life, it could have been painting but I suck at it… then getting to know some real photographers and learning tips from them has been a great help.
if I have to name a few photogs:
Mofo’s pictures in the old thrasher defined what a skateboarding pic should be for me.
Glen E Friedman, of course, behind the lense and also for his feeling to discover what’s going to be great !
recently I discovered the work of Bryan Lathrop from Philly, we have a lot in common, Alexey Lapin from moscow russia, guys I learned a lot from are Jeff “master” Barrusseau, David Manaud, Tjeerd Derkink, Chrissie Steigt.
I love to watch work from Ryan Brenizer and wedding photographs, theblogisfound.com and French extraordinaire Valentin Flauraud
there’s so many … of course I browse skateinfusion daily … ;)

7- What was the last music track you listened to?
tough one, I ALWAYS listen to music, so this is the last tunes played on my player.
The Aquabats – awesome forces
Maryslim – A perfect mess

8- What was the last cool stuff you have seen on the web ?
not cool at all, but very interesting
www.zoriah.net/blog

9- Where can we see your work?
on the net : flickr
expositions:
Skate Expo, Talence, France
SKate, Gothenburg, Sweden
Skate ! Perigueux
I had pictures printed for freestyler mag, thrasher mag, sk8.net le mag, old man army zine.

10- Anything you would like to add?
SHUT UP AND SKATE

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All pictures copyright Fred Ferand / El Gato Negro.

Marie-Anne, A pair of brown eyes, 26, France

1- Who are you?
I’m 26. When i was a kid my only chance to be free was to work hard at school. Now i live in French California and have a good job in aeronautic industry as mechanical manufacturing engineer. I use my free time for living my second life with photography, concerts, snowboarding, travelling, creating with the photographers collective La Visu and partying with the local skate scene. 
I am proud to be independant and make all i want. 

2- Where are you right now?
At home. It’s friday, i’m back from work and too tired to get out. I try to manage many stuffs like preparing a photo exhibition for november, pay home tax, buy fly tickets to go to Paris next month, planning my christmas hollidays in Algeria and choose a camera for tomorrow because i’ll go to Bilbao in Spain for the day.   

3- What’s your current camera set up?
Mamiya 645 with 35/3.5 and 80/2.8 
Canon AE1 with 24/2.8 macro and 50/1.4
Zero Image 6×6 Pinhole Camera
Holga 120GN
Fuji Velvia and Sensia for cross processing. 
Kodac Provia for color. 
Fuji Neopan 400 for black and white. I develope at home with Tetenal. 
I stop numeric for the moment because i think we are in the fatal last years for analogic. film is not dead yet but it’s now or never!!!

 

 

4- What’s your current skateboard set up?

i don’t skate anymore since i lost a piece of tooth when i was 16. if i had a deck, it will be certainly a Jart or Anagram or Rekiem for support local brands. 

5- What inspires you?
Life and light! Action shots is not my cup of tea. I just try to capture magic moments on Earth. 
My close friends and lovers inspire me for portraits. It’s too difficult to shot unknow for me. 
Travels and surf lifestyle are goods subjects. 
I also feel concerned by politic, social and ecology and it’s feeds my most personnals projects. 

6- Who inspires you?
skateboarders over 30 years old and war photographers. 

 

 

7- What was the last music track you listened to?
Lions by Jonquil, a band from UK. I saw them in a house show last tuesday. 
www.myspace.com/jonquiluk

8- What was the last cool stuff you have seen on the web ?
the last work of Seb Abes
http://vimeo.com/1733585

9- Where can we see your work?
exhibitions with La Visu in Basque Country
apairofbrowneyes.tumblr.com
www.flickr.com/photos/mfleur/
www.myspace.com/marieakariotgirl

 

 

 

10- Anything you would like to add?
don’t be afraid
do it yourself
with the heart
big up to my snowboard crew : The Crash Team

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All pictures copyright A pair of brown eyes.

Olli Oilinki, Oilinki, 25, Oulu, Finland

1- Who are you?
My name is Olli Oilinki, I’m 25 at the moment and live in Oulu, northern Finland. I’m a full-time student of English Philology at the University of Oulu and shoot photos on the side, mostly skateboarding for a Finnish mag called Hang Up, but also other assorted mags and companies. I’ve had some stuff in Kingpin and an Onboard cover, but I’m small potatoes. Whatever money I make from shooting usually goes right back into camera gear and film.

2- Where are you right now?
Right now I’m soothing a hangover with a cold lager at my girlfriend’s flat. I’m sort of homeless at the moment, I sublented my own flat since I’m leaving for Australia in a few weeks.

3- What’s your current camera set up?
I still mostly shoot film, my two main cameras are my darling Hasselblad 2000FC and a lovely Nikon FM-2. For the Hassy, I’ve got a 80/2.8 CF and a 150/4 C T*, A12 and A16 backs, polaroid back, etc. All black, mang. Nikkors include 16/2.8, 35/2, 50/1.8, and 80-200/2.8. I do have a Nikon D70 for proofing and assignments, I might get a D3 or a D300 some time down the road. For lighting, I’ve got two Nikon SB-28′s and two Sunpak 120J’s, Pocket Wizards, Manfrotto 001 stands and all sorts of crap for diffusing, colouring and snooting. Everything goes into a Lowepro Phototrekker AWII, it’s a really good, solid bag that is easy on your back.
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Tuukka Shifty Flip

Originally uploaded by Oilinki.

4- What’s your current skateboard set up?
Real Busenitz 7.8″, Indys, Spitfire 53mm Classics, Swiss bearings.

5- What inspires you?
For photography, I’m mostly inspired by other people’s photos. I’m constantly surfing the net and browsing old and new skatemags, photo books and basically anything I can get my hands on. In life, I’m inspired by Indian food, good coffee, courtyards, literature, film noir, Monty Python and beer.

6- Who inspires you?
Too many to name all. Deeli, Antton Miettinen, Humphries, Sturt, Ryan McGinley, Yousuf Karsh, LIFE photographers, friends, the list is endless. Hiroshi Sugimoto blew me away a while back.

Harri Ollie

Originally uploaded by Oilinki.

7- What was the last music track you listened to?
I listened through Weezer’s Blue Album, Pinkerton and the new Red Album yesterday whilst laying on a patch of grass next to the river, enjoying the sunshine. Awesome.

8- What was the last cool stuff you have seen on the web?
boiltheocean.wordpress.com

9- Where can we see your work?
www.flickr.com/photos/oilinki, Hang Up magazine, Rumba magazine, Kingpin every now and then, the occasional newspaper in Finland and recently in Respublika, a Lithuanian weekly.

Antti Onboard Cover

Originally uploaded by Oilinki.

10- Anything you would like to add?

Thanks to everyone who’s let me crash on their sofa or floor, skated in front of my lens or bought me a plane ticket to go shoot flicks. Cheers!

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All pictures copyright Olli Oilinki // Oilinki

Joel Peck, 19, Northampton, UK

Self-portrait

Originally uploaded by Joel – P.

 

1- Who are you?
I’m 19, I live in Northampton home of the greatest skatepark ever, Radlands. rip heh. Just finished a foundation art at uni here and now having a year out to do my own thing.

2- Where are you right now?
I am at my house, just got in from job hunting and now listening to Amnesiac.

3- What’s your current camera set up?
I have a few 35mm’s like my Canon EOS1, Canon EXEE and a Kodak retinette IB. Also I have a Hasselblad 500c/m which is out of action due to the lens. I have a Bronica ETRSi with 75mm, 150mm & 30mm lens’ speed grip, WLF & prism. Erm a few pocketwizards and some cheap flashes. Oh and finally I have a Sony VX1000 for filming purposes.

Rob – wallride

Originally uploaded by Joel – P.

 

4- What’s your current skateboard set up?
I have a Louie Enjoi cruiser for chilling and filming and then I have a motive 7.75″, Venture trucks and some random wheels/bearings. OBJECT HARDWARE.

5- What inspires you?
I listen to a lot of music. Beautiful light really…. when I see really amazing light it inspires me to shoot.

6- Who inspires you?
The usual… those who care already know. But I must say, Northamptons Phil Sharp always amazes me.

Jezz – fs bluntslide up

Originally uploaded by Joel – P.

 

7- What was the last music track you listened to?
Well before radiohead now I was listening to the Talkingheads in the car and before that I was listening to Tim Buckley (on same journey)

8- What was the last cool stuff you have seen on the web ?
Errr, I’m not good at this sort of thing. Oh i know… Fully Oaks, a Fully Flared parody… it’s really impressive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxQ7TcaO7TY

9- Where can we see your work?
My exhibition at Northampton uni 6th June for a couple of weeks. My flickr

Malcolm – heelflip

Originally uploaded by Joel – P.

 

10- Anything you would like to add?
Thanks to you PY : )

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All pictures copyright Joel Peck // Joel Peck