So back in Feb last year I started my photograpy project Hardgraff39
My first shoot was down at Leak St Tunnel near Waterloo train Station
(Follow link below to see part 1 write up)
https://steemit.com/graffiti/@colossus39/1-year-hardgraff39ing-project-break-down-pt1
This here was my second!
It was a strange bit of the Universe at work here as my second shoot turned out to be for one of my old students who I had taught when he was about 6 or 7 years old!
(He's the taller young man at the back)
I still have contact with some of my old students from back when I used to teach in my local area Harlesden.
It is always good to see the positive effects martial arts has on people and how long lasting they can be as well.
This young Student (Taymah Anderson) had grown up to be an Artists and a bloody good one at that!
I would every now and again see of my old students and it was always great to hear how well they were doing in school, collage, work, uni or local community work!
It would always bring a smile to my face as they were now growing in to some great young adults and passing on that energy we tried to leave them with and the end of every class.
Taymah had let me know he was doing this exhibition at a location in
So I thought bloody great is that for timing so told him I would be down with my camera to document it for my new project!
I have to say I felt super proud just hearing about this so imagine how I felt when I arrived and seen what he had created!
It was absolutly amazing!
Posters, sketch books with ideas, and even T'shirts.
I was blown away
It was only when I went down stairs in to the open space that I realized how good this young man was!
He had drawn a massive insight in to his thoughts on the wall and it was deep, it was dark and it was something I understood and recognoised!
They drawings were like thoughtfull doodles!
Pictures of the day to day life of a young man growing up in Harlesden with a big heart taking notice of the people and what was going around, all done with a Brush Pen (something new to me)
This was the work from a young mans
It was great to see and also to be able to document it as part of my own growth.
His work was so I good that I had to buy a poster and a T'shirt you can see me wearing on the show I co-host called Talk Too Mucking Fuch!
If you would like to see more of his recent works then check out his instagram page
https://www.instagram.com/saidtaymah/
It would be an honur to work with him again on a new project!
I'll have to give him a shout and see what he's got cooking 😉😎👊🏽
