What is your home city?

Who Are You?

Los Angeles, CA

My name is Attiken I’m an artist based out of Los Angeles Calfornia, I mix skateboarding with urban exploration based on my background and experiences within my own identity as an artist.

What is a memory attached to one of the images shared?

During the peak of the pandemic, my friend Shane and I were still out seeking the best places to explore out west. We discovered this abandoned US airforce plane, and got the kickflip photo first try. That photo is the reason why I push myself to continue shooting this skate series I’ve had my vision on for the past 2 years.

What’s in your bag?

I shoot on a Nikon F2 (35mm), Nikon FM10 (35mm), and a Nikon Z7 (digital). I have various different lenses but my favorites are my Sigma 24-105 F2.8, and my Laowa 12mm 2.8 for my digital camera, and a Nikkor 28-200mm for my film camera, but occasionally I slap my sigma 14mm 1.8 on my film camera for fun because all of my film cameras fit my digital lenses. (:

Did photography lead you to exploring or did exploring lead you to photography?

Why do you explore?

Photography lead me to exploring. I first began shooting skate photos with my friends back in 2015

I first began exploring by trying to find the coolest spots to skate, cruising my own city. It began to go deeper than that after i started traveling in search for more locations to climb. I explore because exploring has taught me to believe in myself and to push my limits to an all time high. It pushes me in other aspects to as i grow closer to my own artistic vision.