Exhibitions at the Pace Gallery NYC, Fahey Klein Gallery LA, Book signings, talks at the Photographers Gallery London, Le Grand Jeu Paris, ICP NYC. “Women Who Rock” TV series portraits of Mavis Staples, St Vincent, Chaka Khan, Pat Benatar, Ricky Lee Jones and many more.
NOVEMBER 2021
EXHIBITION AT FOTOGRAFISKA NY
NOVEMBER 2021
'Rebels From Punk To Dior' book launch at Fotografiska NY
2019
ANNENBERG MUSEUM 'CONTACT HIGH' SHOW DIOR LONDON
‘Contact High’ a visual history of Hip-Hop exhibition at the Annenberg Museum in Los Angeles 2019
DIOR Campaign 2019 photographed on the streets of London
2018
LEVIS SPRING 2018 CAMPAIGN
Exhibition at Fahey Klein Gallery in Los Angeles. Launch of the MashUp series and book with panel talks, TV interviews, NY1, Fox5, New York Times, Guardian and more.
Photographed the GUCCI DAPPER DAN collection in Harlem for Interview
2017
FIORENTINI & BAKER INTERVIEW
‘Extraordinary People who wear Fiorentini & Baker Boots’ campaign. In September 2018 the series of 30 portraits exhibited in Milan Gallery during Fashion Week
Series of photo shoots for Interview Magazine, Ghetto Gastro, Banks and more
2016
DIOR PARIS 2016
I spend a week in Paris photographing the Christian Dior collection designed by their new creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri. I photographed everything from the atelier to the fittings, backstage, the show, celebrities, black and white images shot in my documentary ‘fly on the wall’ style. DiorTV made a short piece about me.
2016
LONDON SHOW
Show at Punctum Gallery, Chelsea, punk and hip hop photographs, the NYC MashUp and a Punk MashUp. I ask artists friends from that era like Kosmo Vinyl (Clash), Horace Panter (Specials), Pam Hogg (fashion designer), Ian Wright (illustrator) and Christos Tolera (Blue Rondo- see below) to reinterpret my punk photos. We sell a lot of work and I make it on to the BBC evening news.
2015
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
The Hip Hop Revolution Exhibition opens in April at the Museum of the City of New York . My photographs of hip hop artists and the MashUp together with Martha Cooper and Joe Conzo’s legendary photos of break dancers, graffiti artists and the early years of the culture. Amazing press and TV coverage from NY1, ABC morning news, the NY Times and more.
2015
SHINOLA BILLBOARD LA
A project in Detroit for Shinola, photographing their watch makers, store and office staff with product in the workplace. It is a billboard ad in Los Angeles.
2015
PHOTOVILLE
The organizers of Photoville ask me to curate their opening night slide show: ‘Down & Dirty’ my choices of the best music photography from disco to present day, 3 months research, images sourced from more than 100 photographers, a newspaper and exhibition in one of the shipping container galleries. People love the images, everyone from Johnny Cash to Tupac Shakur. The outside of the double stacked container is an 18′ high painted MashUp by legendary artists Cey Adams and Queen Andrea. Seen from the BQE it looks amazing.
2014
THE MASHUP
Cey Adams conceived and curated the Mashup, combining my portraits of influential DJs and MCs with the work of many of New York’s legendary graffiti artists. He selected the artists, and each artist chose a photo from my archive to reinterpret in their own distinct style.
The Mashup is now a collective of 30 artists including ZEPHYR, LADY PINK, FUTURA, LEE QUINONES, REVOLT and more. In 2018 we published a book with Hat&Beard and Fahey Klein : ‘The MashUp’ is available on Amazon and in good book stores.
2013 - PRESENT DAY
JOCKS & NERDS
I start shooting for the new British style, music and culture magazine Jocks & Nerds. My first shoot is jazz singer Jose James, then this cover of DJ Nature, Dapper Dan, GoHardBoyz, VivaLasVegas, and many more artists, musicians, designers, rebels. I am now the New York editor.
2011
EL HOYO MARAVILLA
Dashwood Books publish ‘El Hoyo Maravilla’ my photographs of the East LA gang that I shot in 1983.
2010
TOKYO SHOW SCHOTT CAMPAIGN
Assignment from Schott Japan to cast and shoot up and coming New York artists, skateboarder, biker, DJ, actor, dancer, musicians on location for 4 days. The campaign is launched at Tower Records in Tokyo, lots of press, DJ Muro spinning and my photos of punks, mods, hip hop.
2008
THE BREAKS
My book ‘The Breaks Stylin’ & Profilin’ 1982-1990′ is published with PowerHouse Books. It features full page photos of hip hop legends like Run DMC, Salt n’ Pepa, Ice Cube, Booogie Down Productions KRS1 and Scott La Rock, Bambaataa, LL Cool J, EPMD and many more.
2005
MADE IN THE UK
‘Made in the UK The Music of Attitude 1977-1983’ published by PowerHouse my photographs of British bands and fans, Punk, Skinhead, Mod, 2 Tone, Ska and Rockabilly. Sir Paul Smith wrote the intro and hosted an opening party at his Covent Garden store – we had press from Italian Vogue to the Times, exhibitions in New York, London and LA.
1994 -2005
EDITORIAL PORTRAITS
Shooting celebrities, actors, politicians, sports people. I photograph the ‘Glamour Woman of the Year’ portraits: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Poet Laureate Rita Dove, Olympic skater Bonnie Blair, Tennis player Martina Navratilova, NJ Governor Christie Todd Whitman, Playwright Anne Deavere Smith and more. Actors Kevin Bacon, Bill Cosby, Sandra Bernhard, authors Elmore Leonard, David Foster Wallace, Erica Jong, sports stars Derek Jeter, Jackie Joiner, Yao Ming, and classical musicians, TV stars, opera singers, kids for Nickelodeon and Sesame Street, they all come through the studio.
1995
ESQUIRE
Great assignment to shoot the best dressed men in sports for Esquire. Travelling around America to shoot heavyweight champion George Foreman at his gym in Texas, Houston Rockets basketball center Hakeem Olajuwon, golfer Payne Stuart in Florida, hall of fame jockey Jerry Bailey on a horse at the track, baseball greats David Justice and Danny Tartabull, Olympic gymnast Bart Conner, football quarterback Dave Brown, sportscaster Frank Gifford and football coach Dan Reeves.
1991
RAP PORTRAITS & LYRICS OF A GENERATION OF BLACK ROCKERS
St Martins Press publish a book of my hip hop photos with text by Bill Adler and lyrics by the artists. We throw our own launch party at SOB’s with open mike rappers. We are interviewed by Ed Lover and Dr Dre on ‘Yo MTV Raps’.
1984-1990
PAPER MAGAZINE
In 1984 my friends Kim and David started a new magazine called Paper, a fold out black and white poster featuring New York news, clubs, music, style, art, food. Assembled in Kim’s loft in ‘zine’ style we shot many of the covers, portraits and style stories at my downtown studio.
1982
London 1982
I photographed the first Hip Hop show,”New York City Rap”, to come to London for Melody Maker. I shot DJ Afrika Bambaataa, Grand Mixer D.S.T, The Rock Steady Crew, Futura 2000, Dondi, Ramelzee, Fab 5 Freddy and Rammellzee It changed my life. I moved to New York in 1983.
1980
1980
The Face was a brilliant music and style magazine. I was a listed contributor from Issue One for which I photographed Dexy’s Midnight Runners, PIL, Mods in Streatham and Blitz kids.
1978
THE POLICE OUTLANDOS D'AMOUR
My first album cover shoot for a new punk band called The Police. The record is called ‘Outlandos d’Amour.