Here's the first preview of the CTRL Spring 09, the Skinfoot T-Shirt with a print from a picture of a well worn classic DR Martens boot shot by famous British photographer Gavin Watson. Totally classic!!! More CTRL Spring 09 releases coming soon…
Gavin Watson was born in Wycombe middle England. He got his first camera at the age 14 instead of a pair of binoculars. From there on he was busy shooting his friends, family and all the action in the small town of Wycombe. This happened back in the 70’s and 80’s, around the time Thatcher was holding shit together with her iron clutch. What came out of these images would become one of the important and influential photographic youth culture books of the last 20 years. The ‘Skins & Punks’ book was published in 1994 and it instantly became a classic. The Times from London referred to the book as a ‘modern classic’ and numerous great photographers such as Terry Richardson and Jurgen Teller have been truly influenced and inspired by the images in this book. The book was recently re-published by VICE Books and it followed up with the most recently published (2008) book called ‘Skins & Punks – The lost archives’ that’s also published by VICE Books.
