For some time, I’d been trying to track down Aaron Brown, the iconic 1990s Sydney skate photographer. There was no trace of him on social media, no website or online presence. My only clue was that my friend Brendan Frost had met a fellow photographer named Aaron at the beach in Newcastle, who said he used to take skate photos. Then, one afternoon, a man approached the counter of the bookshop where I work, holding a book he’d published. The author’s name was Aaron Brown.
Aaron and I are now friends, and he’s just released , a collection of black and white skate photos from his archives. Aaron dropped around to