My Freedamn

Okay, Wouter has a few heroes he worships…one of them is Lee Scratch Perry and another one is Rin Tanaka. A while ago he became a very happy man cause he met Rin Tanaka himself at an overview exhibition from his work at the Blue Blood store in Amsterdam.

For those who don’t know: Tanaka, a true denim addict, is a well known collector of vintage clothing. Born in Japan, he now travels from coast to coast in America hunting for hard to find and rare pieces of jeans, tees, shirts, jackets, boots and other items with its roots in the surf- skate and motercycle scene.

In the beautiful and self-published series of books ‘My Freedamn’ Tanaka shows his passion with amazing photographs and text. Number 6 has been released this year and that’s why he was in The Netherlands with an overview of his latest pictures and parts from his huge collection. Wouter was the lucky bastard to meet Tanaka and got an original photograph with personal message from this legend…Damn!

Check some great picts from his latest book and have a look at www.myfreedamn.com to get inspired:

For those living in Paris; you’ve got the opportunity to see this work live:

Goodnight!