A few weeks back I was shooting the SUG girls at the Chipmunk wall in Manukau when Askew introduced me to Fred Raph. At that point I had never seen the guy before but I had seen his work - checkout Young Sids back - mean! Fred is not only a talented artist but a pretty cool guy all round. Happily he let me shoot his back which was done by traditional japanese needle. He is now on the list of artists I want work from - welcome to Aotearoa Fred, chur....