Luke Stephenson was born on New Years day, 1983 in Darlington, North East England. 99 x 99s is a photographic project (and book), which documents the story of the 99 ice cream through a photographic road trip around the UK.

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About ’99x99s’:

In the summer of 2013, over 25 days and 3,500 miles, I traveled around the coastline of Great Britain. As I went from place to place I was fascinated by the human touches that make each 99 ice cream unique. I also documented the seaside ice cream vans and parlors that sold the 99s, and the discussed the myths which surround this very British icon.

It wasn’t a journey to explore the 99, so much as a journey into the collective psyche and the land that had created it… as a rite of passage, American Photographers do Vast epic road trips down route 66. English Photographers go to the Seaside.

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