Blackwell UK
Who Shot Ya?
Three Decades of Hip Hop Photography
ISBN: 9780060936396
Format: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Edition: New edition
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Culled from a vast archive, the aproximatly 200 images in Who Shot Ya? represents the first major pictorial history of hip hop culture based around the work of one photographer. More
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"Ernie Paniccioli's photographs have not only documented, but also helped define hip hop style." -- Jim Fricke, Senior Curator, Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA
Nearly thirty years ago, Ernie Paniccioli, considered by many to be the James Van Der Zee of the hiphop generation, began photographing graffiti art throughout New York City as well as the young people creating it. Armed with a 35-millimeter camera, Paniccioli literally recorded the beginning salvos of hiphop, today the most dominant youth culture on the planet. Be it Grandmaster Flash at the Roxy, a summer block party in the Bronx, the fresh faces of Jay-Z and Will Smith, the cocksure personas of Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., and Eminem, or the regal grace of Lauryn Hill, Ernie Paniccioli has been there to showcase hiphop' s emerging talent. With more than 200 photographs that have been culled from a vast archive, "Who Shot Ya?" is the first major pictorial history of hiphop culture.
