Title of the book: Emulsion, the BMX Photobook
Author: Mark Noble
Date published: Spring 2022
Pages: 296, Hardback, Loose Dust Cover
Copies printed: 250 1st edition, 250 Final Second edition
How long was the thinking process before you decided to get to work on the book?
Mark Noble: I've been thinking about this book for bloody years to be honest. All my old photos are filed away in boxes in my garage space, and each time I went in there for something else random I thought "there's probably a photo book in here, maybe one day..." but I knew it would take a serious amount of time to make it happen, and I just didn't have the time. Then in spring 2021 an abrupt change in employment meant I suddenly had all the time in the world - so I got started. Well, after repainting most of the inside of my house first, I got started.
Did you have things lined up and organized as far as photos were concerned?
Mark Noble: I kept everything in date order anyway, so it was all reasonably well organised - I was pretty good at that sort of thing I guess, you have to be when working on multiple magazines anyway.
Ride On talks to Mark Noble by Neil Waddington
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.