To Balance is Trust: photographing women and non-binary skateboarders

Hannah Bailey has been photographing women’s skateboarding around the world for more than 10 years. Her project To Balance is Trust focuses on women, non-binary and femme-identifying skaters

Hannah, from Edinburgh, has been photographing women’s skateboarding around the world for more than 10 years, inspired by the diverse faces and underground culture of the scene. It has been her mission to question society’s perception of gender in sport and challenge how women are represented in the media through her images of skating and portraits of skaters.

Hannah won the inaugural Getty Images #ShowUs photography grant in March 2020 with the project, which aimed to look beyond stereotypes to shine the light on the faces of women, non-binary and femme-identifying skaters and support them to tell their stories.

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