A 2022 reworking of a shot from 2008. I have absolutely no idea who this boy was other than his name was Ste. That was the total length of our conversation as I observed and photographed him waiting in the rain to skate at the Kelvingrove Skatepark in Glasgow. The full series of shots can be found in the galleries page which documents the waiting, the frustration and the anticipation leading up to being able to finally skate when the rain went off.

Kelvingrove Park was originally created as the West End Park in 1852, and was was mostly designed by architect Charles Wilson and surveyor Thomas Kyle with great assistance from Sir Joseph Paxton, Head Gardener at Chatsworth House. Paxtons other works included The Crystal Palace in London, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, and the gardens at Lismore Castle in County Waterford.

The City Council had purchased the land, which formerly represented parts of the Kelvingrove and Woodlands estates, for the sum of £99,569 (around £10.9 million as of 2021). The park was intended to provide for the continued expansion of the city to the west, providing relaxation and recreation opportunities for the new middle class to the west, and an escape from the rapid slumming around Glasgow Green.

The park has been the site of three exhibitions: the 1888 International Exhibition, the 1901 International Exhibition and the 1911 Scottish Exhibition. THE Kelvingrove Art gallery and Museum now stands on the site of a large Indian pavilion which was built for the International Exhibition.