Alastair McKimm on DAVID SIMS

I remember the moment when I saw this series by David. I had just moved to London and I was on the Tube from East London to Portobello. I found the images s o powerful because it was the first t ime I had seen boys l ike myself and my friends from Belfast in a fashion context. They had buzz cuts. They were real, rough and ready. The g irl next t o me on t he Tube pointed at t his image and said, “Oh, that’s my boyfriend!” It was a surreal moment.