'I was working as a designer at Arena Homme Plus magazine and between issues I would create collages using anything i could find in the office. Issue one of BOYO was a tribute to photographer Alasdair Mc Lellan. I used images that he had shot for Arena Homem Plus, photocopying them and cutting them up. The second issue was dedicated to gay porn star Fanscois Sagat. I was obsessed with him and used loads of images i found on google. The third issue was in collaboration with Alasdair McLellan about the male model Randy who unfortunately died of an overdose.
Each issue was based upon an obsession of mine. BOYO was a zine like scrap book put together in my spare time and given to friends. The name BOYO was a nick name I only used when texting one of my mates Christopher.
The zine gathered some attention and i was soon asked to start collaborating with photographers for magazine stories. Magazines like Wallpaper and i-D would send me photo shoots and i would cut them up and send them back.
To date I have contributed to titles such as i-D, Dazed and Confused, Wallpaper, 032c, Doing Bird, Elle UK, Arena Homme Plus, Qvest, Electric Youth, Clash, POP and Brick.
There have been some really great commercial hook ups to. I created a capsule collection of printed vests and boxer shorts for UK underwear brand Sunspel and I collaged and Art Directed a Nike year book which celebrated young UK talent in 2012, edited by Sharmadean Reid.' Patrick Waugh.
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15 × 21 cm, Softcover,