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“For sure I dreamed about being pro

as a kid like everyone, but I had so
Do you know the most selling also will just go out late at night and I also never got much into videos
much respect for skateboarding and
Adidas shoe among the skateboard early in the morning to shoot other myself. I would rather read the same
community? for what being a pro meant that stuff. Some other �mes I would just magazine 4 �mes than watch 4

Busenitz shoe probably? I don’t really stay a few extra days by myself. I different videos.
know. when a brand asked me to make me don’t know, it makes me feel I didn’t There was an exhibi�on of this book
professional… I said no. I didn’t just waste my �me. across the globe. How difficult is it
In an interview with
think I deserved it. ” to organize and conduct an
www.itsnicethat.com you said that
“I just shoot things that make me What was the reason Adidas exhibi�on?
produced a full-length skateboard That specific one was all done by
feel good or find interes�ng”. There
movie (Away Days) for people to pay Juice Design guys, and it was
is never a conflict with this
to watch it? humongous amount of work. They
philosophy when you are
I guess full length videos are always a set up exhibi�ons all around the
commissioned by big corporate
Gonzales book. But I’m a professional huge promo for brands? I don’t know, world to go along with the full length,
brands such as Adidas, Vans and
and will give my 100% on any project. I’m just a freelance photographer. so I didn’t really do much there
Carhar�? I am sure there were �mes
except ge�ng the prints ready.
where their brief did make you feel I do shoot stuff for myself all the
good (apart from ge�ng paid) or �me, even while doing other jobs. I
you found interes�ng. did this with Mark Gonzales book and

Yes, that’s a really good point. Let me for smaller projects too. Skate trips
clarify: in that interview I meant have a lot of down �me where you
when I shoot stuff for myself or when basically do nothing and it’s a great

I do projects by myself like Mark chance to walk around and shoot. I

Kai Hillebrand & Franky Spears - New York
Mark Gonzales - Los Angeles

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