Escape

Never one to let an idea go unpaid for, I reused the "let's walk along a beach in a fake radiation suit" schtick in 1997 for an article in Escape Magazine (a now defunct lads' mag from Dennis Publishing).

I pitched the idea to the editor whilst out on the mag's home-brew night (which I'd only blagged my way into in the first place as an opportunity to meet Sarah, the mag's then-Production Manager) and was, in fact, my first properly-commissioned written work.

This photograph was taken by Simon Clay, who lent me a shirt to wear later on in the shoot and who also did the shots of the girl I suggested for another photo in the article. I've uploaded the full spread for you to look at should you wish.