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The first football through my lens in 2020 arrived in the form of a grassroots football photography commission. Its location was a sprawl of Cardiff council pitches and an old stomping ground of mine, Trelai Park. A few football playing memories came flying back. My memory bank of playing football is substantial. From primary school […]
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Wembley Woe for Tottenham
1st May 2018
by Mark Hawkins
A couple of weeks ago I took another late season trip to London to photograph a Tottenham match for Prime Media Images. Twelve months ago, my April trip was something of a pilgrimage to photograph a first and last match at White Hart Lane, the football ground of Tottenham Hotspur I had visited on countless […]
England elimination – 2010
22nd June 2014
by Mark Hawkins
The 2010 World Cup in South Africa found me approaching the end of nearly three years living in London. After the heartache of Germany 2006 I never entertained going to South Africa for the tournament four years later, despite tracking and trailing big cats there the summer before. On the tournament’s opening day I happened […]
Patterns of passion
20th May 2014
by Mark Hawkins
When you have a lifelong passion, there are beats and rhythms which can seem inescapable. They might fade in and out but they often recur if you just can’t give it up. There are less savoury comparisons with addiction, the way habits and cravings almost develop a life of their own. For me, this […]