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Over the past two decades, URB has worked with some pretty amazing photographers, many of whom have gone on to have their work celebrated on gallery walls and in the pages of some very nice photo books. Hip-hop lensman Mike Schreiber is the latest URB vet to get the coffee table treatment. His first book, True Hip-Hop comes out on October 26, featuring, “photos (some previously unpublished) that I’ve taken over the past 12 years, along with some personal stories and anecdotes.” …MORE
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According to Commercial Appeal, Ernest C. Withers, the person who shared and documented some of America’s most tragic/glorious moments during the civil rights movement was a federal mole. It isn’t surprising now considering just how much access this one documentary photographer received. Ernest Withers captured moments such as the Little Rock 9, the Emmett Till murder and up to Martin Luther King’s assassination in Memphis. Ernest did this simply by gaining everyone’s trust and making his way into some of the most influential, mundane and political circles.
I kind of parallel this to when I see ‘backstage’/'candid’ moments captured by a ‘rock’ photographer. I get so lost in the romanticism and think to myself, “how on earth can one person …
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The latest mix from Atlanta’s DJ Silk Wolf, presented by The Midnight Socialite on his Caffeine & Curiosity Tour Part II.
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A visual celebration of the D.I.Y. spirit and aesthetic in contemporary music, this exhibit features the bands These Are Powers, Dark Meat, Pre, Blowfly, DMBQ, Screaming Females, Miss Pussycat, White Mice, Spank Rock, Dan Deacon, Juiceboxxx, the Mae Shi and the Death Set.
Rebecca Smeyne is an award-winning documentary photographer who contributes frequently to the Village Voice and Spin and has also worked with Vice and Anthem. …MORE
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