This Short Film Explores Aaron Herrington's Die-Hard Passion for Skateboarding
“Stepping back into the essence and preciousness of a filmer and skater.”
In a new mini-documentary called “Rose is the Apple of My Eye,” South Korean photographer Pep Kim intimately spotlights pro skateboarder Aaron Herrington where the Oregon-born athlete details his love for the extreme sport, how he scouts rare spots to shred in New York City and his signage into Polar Skateboards. The five-minute-clip also includes appearances from Herrington’s mother as well as preeminent skateboarding filmmakers Josh Stewart, Waylon Bone and Jeremy Elkin.
Author of Live…Suburbia! Anthony Pappalardo perfectly describes the video:
This is Aaron Herrington framed through photographer Pep Kim’s eye. Like Herrington, Kim’s not from New York, but something about East Coast skateboarding—the mindset, the lifestyle, the weather, and the purity—infected him six years ago, since leaving his home in Korea. It’s more than photographing a trick, it’s the relationship between the skater, the obstacle, and the one documenting it, which becomes a symbiotic trinity—all parts equal, creating the whole. This is how I want to see skateboarding and this is how I want to see New York, cracks, scars, flaws, and all, because those imperfections equal a perfection that’s best captured and appreciated, rather than explained.
Watch the short film above and purchase a copy of the zine for $12 USD on Palomino.
