Background
Shields was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the son of Jerry and Martha Shields.
Shields was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the son of Jerry and Martha Shields.
Inline skating Shields competed professionally as a vert inline skater. He participated in the 1999 and 2000 X Games and toured with Tony Hawk in 2003. Shields has been accused by many of deliberately plagiarizing the photography and art of fellow artists and creating false back stories in order to support his claim of originality.
An article written by Vice shows side-by-side comparisons of Shields" accused plagiarized work next to the apparent originals.
Shields has repeatedly rejected that he is inspired or influenced by any other photographer"s work.