Living in Cornwall, Leo Sharp has made the UK's surf capital his home. An internationally published action sports photographer Leo is considered in industry to be one of the UK’s most prolific skateboard photographers. His career in skate photography spans well over two decades, with a good proportion of this spent working as full time Photo Editor at the UK’s leading skate magazine: Sidewalk. His work has also been published in many other magazines throughout the world including Transworld Skateboarding, Thrasher, Skateboarder, Kingpin, Color, Concrete, Manual, Slam, The Skateboarders Journal, The Journal, Sugar, Grey, Monster, North, Vague, A Brief Glance and many more.

In 2015 Leo was selected to exhibit at the internationally renowned Festival Interceltique de Lorient. 

In 2010 Leo visited Moscow as part of 'Skate, Surf, Snow, Photo' an international exhibition and gathering of the world's greatest action sports photographers. 

Leo’s 2009/2010 solo exhibition: 15 years of UK skate photography traveled the UK exhibiting in Bristol, Manchester and London.

He currently works as a Lecturer in Photography at Falmouth University.

Photo by: Davide Biondani

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