WORDS: ALEX KLEIN

Mike O’Meally claims to reside in Los Angeles though he’s just as likely to be found in Manhattan or Malaga or Maroubra. He’s a competent world traveler and not only to places that start with “M.” Photography is his craft, more specifically skateboard photography, and for fifteen years he’s captured the leaps and bounds of the most respected names in skateboarding, names like Hawk, Koston, Burnquist, and Alex Klein.

Though shooting for publications like “Transworld Skateboarding” and “ID” keeps him busy, O’Meally also finds time for personal projects, most recently a black and white documentation of young amateur boxers. In the rare instance that he’s not behind the lens, Mr. O’Meally enjoys fine dining, vintage wines, attending the opera, and chopping down trees with his bare hands. And if he can fit all four into one evening, then all the better.
¡Viva Australia!