Faces Of New Bedford #87 – Meet Brandon Oliver

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Meet Brandon Oliver, 29-year-old delivery driver and founder of 508 Sneakerheads.

Brandon grew up in the 90s, watching Michael Jordan play in his prime. During this time, the Jordan sneakers were growing in immense popularity and if Michael wore it, you wanted to have them. It was then, where Brandon’s love for sneakers was born.

Once at the age where he could work and afford to buy the sneakers he had always wanted, he started hunting down the rare and limited sneaker releases he always wanted. This became difficult without a network of people to connect with and that led to his starting of the 508 Sneakerheads on Facebook. It started as a small group of local collectors, where they could buy/trade/sell or just connect with others who had a passion for sneakers and the culture behind them.

It wasn’t long before this group started to take off, connecting people from Connecticut to Maine, over their love for sneakers, and has over 15,000 active members. Brandon, who is passionate about the sneaker industry doesn’t want to just stop there, but make a career working to design sneakers or in management and marketing at the major sneaker companies.

“No matter what you go thru in life never give up on your dreams”

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Faces of New Bedford is a project by Colton Simmons. If you are interested in booking a shoot or getting prints from the series email all inquiries to colton@coltonsimmons.com

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