Cruised around the L.E.S. in a three-Cadillac caravan last Saturday before the STKxNYC show to check out the shoot for Bambu’s “Paper Thin” (off the …paper cuts… EP) music video featuring Chace Infinite. Directed by Andrew Graziuso of LightWork Media, the same team who did Bam’s “Quit” video, shot last year during the Philippine Independence Day Parade. Photos were shot with [...]
RJ Shaughnessy moved from Hollywood, Florida to Hollywood, California in late 2000. While out taking photos during a storm at the age of 18, he was literally struck by lightning. It became clear to RJ what he wanted to do after looking at photography books during his recovery in the hospital.
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On November 19, 1998, Sian Kennedy showed up at the temporary residence of a new rapper being touted as the next big thing for the following year. The rapper’s name was Eminem. And Kennedy, on assignment for Spin magazine, started snapping images of his subject almost as soon as the door opened. The rapper [...]
I want to focus a bit on your new book that documents not just Kanye West’s Glow in the Dark tour, but also gives great insight into the behind the scenes of what might go down as one of the best concert series ever. What kind of planning took place to get this project [...]
Janette Beckman got her start photographing some of the most well-known names in Punk Rock during the 1970s: The Ramones, The Clash, The Specials, The Jam, The Sex Pistols, etc. Moving to NY in 1982, she immediately became drawn to the upcoming hip-hop scene and captured city icons such as Afrika Bambaataa, Run DMC, Michael [...]
Starring: DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Diddy, Fabolous, Red Cafe, NIcki Minaj, Cassie, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Ace Hood, Gun Play, Busta Rhymes, T-Pain, scantily clad models and a bottle of Ciroc here.
You have to love that—even in this era of technologically enhanced collaborations and rap as a business, man—DJ Khaled can get the vast majority of [...]
The New York Times Magazine recently profiled rebel music princess M.I.A. If you know anything about the Times Magazine, you know their profiles are long and their photos exquisite. It’s a three-day weekend. You have the time.
Pics: M.I.A. Takes to the Streets
Words: M.I.A.’s Agitprop Pop
Bonus: Ryan McGinley has more M.I.A. shots up on his website.
Alexander Richter has been busting his ass in the NYC hip hop scene as a photographer sweating under his relentless work pace. While not in the business as long as some career “professional” photographers, he’s sure as hell busted his ass and worked as hard if not harder than one in order to establish a [...]
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Uganda has been called one of the worst places on earth to be a child. In the South, children face the threat of poverty and disease. In the North, these threats are enflamed by a brutal, mindless war inflicted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (L.R.A.) that has divided families, displaced millions, and [...]
