Meet Our Bootblacks - Boy Matt
A 32 year old bootblack, boy matt lives in Ypsilanti MI where he works at the University of Michigan Health Center as a clerk. Away from work, boy matt spends enjoys reading, listening to and arranging music, cooking, watching TV and movies, and spending time with friends. Starting with the fantasy of licking boots, boy matt's interest in bootblacking has evolved to taking care of his previous Sirs’ boots.
In the Spring of 2007, he did his first public bootblacking at the Bachelor Forum in Rochester New York. It was there where boy matt truly learned he was a bootblack. In August 2007, boy matt competed and received 2nd runner up at the North American Bootblack contest in Toronto. Currently he bootblacks at Woof’s in Columbus OH on the Second Friday of the month as well as bootblacking at the Detroit Eagle two Saturday’s a month; he will be competing at the IML bootblack competition in May 2008 and plans to bootblack at CLAW.
Thank-you to all boy matt's teachers and mentors over the years including slave Eric, Black, slave cub, boy joe, boy alex, boy eli, and Boo Boo.
photo by BULLmanX
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