George Marshall – Unseen Work 2009 – 2014

The one that got away...

7 Nov 2014

Dan Lacey, girder tapping carve, Vauxhalll, London, Summer 2013.

Before this picture was taken I warned Brian I may be in the 'danger zone'. I was right. Brian Kachinsky, gap-to-wall-to-photographer. (Sorry Brian). Seoul, May 2014.

Pat King, 1ft Table, Austin, February 2012. (Yep, the infamous DIG Paul Buchanan cover spot)

Ben Hennon, Vans trip to Oregon, Summer 2014.

Kevin Kalkoff makes the gnarliest set up look smooth and easy, like this wall ride at the Cape Town Hospital, February 2014.

Chris Doyle, Hazelwood trails, Pittsburgh, 2011.

Seth Kimbrough with a massive Grizz over the hip in Birmingham, Alabama, 2011

The living legend Stew Johnson, Abubuca, Crazy Golf course, Austin, 2012..

Kevin Kalkoff has to be one of the most productive riders out there, often getting way more photos than needed. Tyre slide, Cape Town, February 2014.

Brian came to London to finish his Albion interview, sadly the magazine folded the day before his arrival. Instead all the photos and content were published in the Make It Happen book. Here's a peg grind on an out ledge, down in South London.

Shane Weston, Suicide Bump Jump, somewhere in Northern California, June 2012.

This gap is into a 6 lane motorway, in Seoul, South Korea. Corey Martinez throws the bars and dodges a bus.

To those who are interested, Niki Croft is alive and well living in Scotland and still rides on a regular basis. Here he is blasting at Scarborough park before he took step back from being a professional rider, 2009.

The fish eye angle of this shot ran as a Fit print ad, but I always preferred this long angle. Ben Lewis, pegs to whip, Austin, 2012.

Drew Bezanson came to London in May 2011 to film for his Props Owned section with Stew Johnson. Here's a whip transfer, from The Spot.

Greg Illingworth, private warehouse session, Argentina, Autumn 2013.

Lima and his trademark Table, Malta, October 2013.

Pat King, huge air on a tight quarter out side Burnside, Portland, June 2012.

Van 'The Man' Homan, 1 handed Table, Dugan's House, Austin, January 2012.

Intro by Will Smyth Photos and captions by George Marshall

When it comes to working with photographers at DIG we've always had it pretty good. In fact over the years we've been fortunate enough to work with pretty much every BMX photographer that we ever wanted to work with. Wether it's been the likes of Jeff Z and Mulligan back in the early days or Sandy Carson, Ed Docherty, Manu Sanz and Ryan Worcester in our prime, and not forgetting our lifers such as Ricky Adam, Fred Murray, Vince Perraud, Rob Dolecki... and of course the endless line of amazing contributors, new and old, whose photos have graced our pages both in print and online. Yep, pretty much every photographer we've ever wanted to work with... everyone except for this guy - George Marshall. He's been shooting BMX since 2007 but George's work really came into it's own In more recent times through the pages of The Albion. In fact, "I wish George worked here", was a regularly overheard line of conversation in the DIG office during that time.

After a big year of changes for both of our publications we were finally able to announce George as a regular DIG contributor. It took a while but we finally got our man. He has just launched his own archive website of 900+ published photos that catalogues his last seven years shooting. While going through the hard drives and sheets of film, he found these photos that never made it to print and have been unseen till now. Enjoy.

Look for lot's more from George with DIG and in the meantime check out his incredible archive right here: georgemarshallarchive.com