Because i like that bit on the back there.
It was £20-£25, i think i got it from Exit in Manchester.
Sogol
I needed something smart to wear, cause all my other stuff is, like, not very samrt.
H&M, it was £4.99
James
I got given it.
Tom
Because i like the band. They suck live, but they're good on CD.
It was from the merch man, and it was really expensive like £16.
Joel Dodd
I read alot of comic books
£15, from the Travelling Man
Lana
Because it was big and comfy.
About £2 from Primark
Simon
Just for rugby training.
I dunno, i think it was about £15 from JJB.
Colin
I like England, and football.
Sports Direct, for £4.99
Atta
I didn't buy it. It was a friends and i took it.
Rob
I was given it, given it as a present.
Erm, i don't know. I quite like the colours and the design around the neck. It has grafitti on, which isn't really me, but it has swearing on, and you can't quite read it, but i don't know if it says anything about me.
Emma
I don't really know, i want to look like Dennis the Menace.
It was from Blue Banana, when i was 14.
Dan
Because it's colourful, different, and has a zombie on it
From New Look, it was £5.
Jack
Erm, i liked the simple the design of it, and i like the music label as well.
It was £16.99, where was it from? Somewhere in London, a music shop in London.
Will
I'm into good quality design. It's not about the design, its because it's Henry Lloyd. I prefer expensive clothing. Why do people buy clothes from charity shops? It's tacky and poor quality. I'm not saying i'm a chav, I'm not a chav!
Got it from Evqss, £30.
Jenny
Because i like the colour, and i like the pink on it, thats why i chose it, and it was cheap.
It was £15 and it was from a skate shop called Scene in Preston, at home.
David
I like Black Flag. I like the artist who did the t-shirt as well.
Got it online, corpseclothing.com, and it were £17.
Richard
My mother bought me it.
Well, i normally wear lighter coloured ones, but darker ones make you look slimmer , and i've not got much weight on me. Since i turned 18 i went from a 28 to a 32.
William
I just like it, its may favourite shirt.
It was a birthday present.
Rosie
It sort of personifies how i'm feeling today, dead.
It was £15, from a gig, Alexisonfire!
Jonny
Because the money, like profit, went to getting fair wage for
immigrants.
American Apparell.
Alex
Because it has an A on, and my name is Alex.
American Apparrell, £15.
Sarah
Because it was £5 in the sale and i needed a new t-shirt, and it has a bat wing.
Topshop.
Sue
"You're not doing survalliance are you, like, Police survalliance?"
Big Leeds supporter.
Dunno, always have been.
£40, from the club shop.
Wayne
I like it, and the writing.
Manchester M.E.N, £20.
Initially i was reluctant to photograph people that i already knew for the book, but i had no option, as in the town centre, i was only managing to photograph 4 people per day, at the most, and ideally i needed 66 images. I'm actually starting to regret choosing a topic, which i had to rely on whether on not people would allow me to photograph them.
I feel that the photographs of friends are generally weaker that those taken of strangers. When photographing strangers, i got the impression that they were slightly uncomfortable, whilst people i already knew, knew about the project and what i was doing, some asking for their photograph to be retaken. Again, when talking to people on the street, i was able to cover a much wider selection of people, however, friends are generally all students, and i didn't want the book to become "students that wear t shirts in Leeds."
I attempted to use alternative methods of documenting people's responses; the recorder on my phone. However, it looked unprofessional after I'd told people that i was making a book, and they were clearly uncomfortable speaking into it, meaning they weren't as chatty. Because of this i continued to use a pen and notepad.
