Inspiration comes from everywhere.
Sunday morning I went to the supermarket for groceries and while was walking through the rows of shelving - saw a little nameplate next to the canned fish, where was written "boneless". I found it funny, because it was the same name as a skateboarding trick and just a moment later had an idea to create the shot with a skateboarder doing boneless and a pair of opened tins full of boneless fish. Most of the time U can see riders doing this trick in a bowl, so nice curved "radius" out of the metal cap suits perfectly for that.
Same day I called my friend Alex, who's pretty good at concrete bowls and explained him my idea. He found this artistic experiment interesting and few days later we'v made this photo.
I'v used 2 sheets of white paper to make a mobile studio straight in skate plaza, and made a shot of the tin straight away after snapping the trick, with the same light conditions as it was with the rider.
Evgeny Pavlov

About the shot

Biography
I was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia and was crazy about traveling and extreme sports since childhood. I started skateboarding at 15 and after few years tried snowboarding, which I fully felt in love with right away. Few years later, while competing on a snbrd contest, I got injured and had to hold on with a board for a while. In this period my girlfriend gifted me the first camera - fully manual 35mm Zenit ET. So I started learning photography by scrolling tonnes of web pages during the night, while during the daytime I had to combine my work at architectural bureau with my diploma in the University. Yet tried to practice with roll of film every free minute.
Aa a photographer I grew up working with different film cameras and it was something very special. Enjoying the process of getting the shot and a magic moments of waiting until you develop the film. In that time I discovered the pleasure of photography and decided to change my hobby into the part of life.
I'm also keen on urban exploration and rooftop climbing. In my photos I wanted to create something unique that no one had done before by combining that skills with photography and action sport. Different pictures that would really impress people's minds. Traveling around the world, exploring new territories, climbing on the roofs, up trees and electricity poles, to get the best possible location and angle for the shot.
Now I'm surrounded by 2 of my life passions - snowboarding and photography, still sponsored as a rider in Russia and shoot around the world for worldwide brands and best snowboard magazines.