\u2018I was on a scrubby bit of land with Wu-Tang Clan when Method Man said, \u201cLet me show you a trick.\u201d And he put his cap strap over his eye, pulled it back and made the face\u2019<\/p>\n
I got into photography when I was about 15. My mate\u2019s grandad died and he left behind a Praktica camera that we played with. I quickly caught the bug. In 1994, during my second year of university, I was a huge fan of Wu-Tang Clan and one day, I heard that they were going to their record label office in Putney, London. So I went along, too. I saw a coach outside and I could soon hear them, arguing and being rabble-rousers. As soon I came around the corner, I started photographing them on the street. They were giving me such energy but what really made it come together was the fact that Popa Wu was travelling with them. He was older and something of a mentor to them. It was one of those moments when I realised that if you don\u2019t dare, you don\u2019t win \u2013 so I asked him if I could get on the coach and travel with them and shoot them. And he let me.<\/p>\n
This was Wu-Tang Clan\u2019s first time out of the US. They were these wild, urban kids from New York who had a genius talent for storytelling. On the coach, they were listening to some really deep soul music \u2013 Stax Records<\/a> stuff. It was the only mixtape they could all agree on. It was way beyond the sort of soul I knew. That music has always stayed with me.<\/p>\n
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