Contact High Project
Contact High Project is a weekly photo and interview column currently published by Mass Appeal Magazine in New York. It is also an exhibit/seminar platform and a book in development. The series, created in 2016 by music journalist Vikki Tobak, focuses on the stories behind the creation of iconic Hip hop photographs, specifically analog proof sheets created with traditional film cameras.[1][2][3][4][5]
To date, the column has featured images of artists such as; Biggie Smalls, Tu Pac, Jay Z, Slick Rick, Eazy E, NWA, LL Cool J, and Jeru The Damaja along with interviews of the image creators by Tobek. Photographers have included; Janette Beckman, Stephen Shames, Barron Clairborne, Ithaka Darin Pappas, Jamil GS, Chi Modu, Jamel Shabazz and Lucian Perkins.
Contact High Project Features in Mass Appeal[edit]
- 2016 (June 9) Janette Beckman about Photographing Slick Rick [6]
- 2016 (June 30) "Jay Z's Reasonable Doubt Got This Photographer $1300 Cash And A Career" [7]
- 2016 (October 2) "The Day Biggie Smalls Was Crowned Kind Of New York" [8]
- 2016 (October 4) "The Time LL Cool J Did A Photo Shoot And Didn't Take His Shirt Off" [9]
- 2016 (October 16) "Photographer Jamel Shabazz On Shooting NYC Circa 1981" [10]
- 2016 (November 4) Trevor Traynor On Shooting A Flip Phone Carrying Redman.[11]
- 2016 (December 16) "Jamil GS On Photographing Jeru The Damaja's, The Sun Rises In The East" [12]
- 2017 (January 5) "Ithaka Darin Pappas On Photographing A Bullet-Proof Vest Wearing Skateboard-Riding Eazy E" [13]
- 2017 (February 9) "Photographer Stephen Shames Talks Panthers On Parade"[14]
- 2017 (February 16) "Lucian Perkins On Shooting Bad Brains" [15]
Exhibits and Events[edit]
- 2016 (Nov) Chi Modu & Janette Beckman in Conversation – [16]
- 2017 (Sept) Contact High exhibit representing forthcoming book included at Photoville international photography fair in Brooklyn [17]
Articles About Contact High Project[edit]
- 2016 The Daily Edit – "Contact High Project" interview by Heidi Volpe [3]
- 2016 Bright Young Things – "The Story of Hip Hop Photography "[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Contact High: The Story of Hip Hop Photography – BrightestYoungThings – DC". brightestyoungthings.com. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "Contact High Project". Contact High Project. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Volpe, Heidi (29 November 2016). "The Daily Edit – Contact High Project". Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "FotoFilm: Contact High: The Stories Behind Hip-Hop's Most Iconic Photographs". FotoDC. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "Vikki Tobak – Complex". www.complex.com. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "Contact High: The Stories Behind Hip Hop's Most Iconic Photographs, Starting with Slick Rick – Mass Appeal". 9 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "Contact High: Jay Z's "Reasonable Doubt" Got This Photographer $1300 Cash and a Career – Mass Appeal". 30 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "THE DAY BIGGIE SMALLS WAS CROWNED "KING OF NEW YORK"". THE DAY BIGGIE SMALLS WAS CROWNED “KING OF NEW YORK”. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "THE TIME LL COOL J DID A PHOTO SHOOT AND DIDN'T TAKE HIS SHIRT OFF". THE TIME LL COOL J DID A PHOTO SHOOT AND DIDN’T TAKE HIS SHIRT OFF. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "Contact High: Photographer Jamel Shabazz On Shooting NYC, Circa 1981". 13 October 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "Contact High: Photographer Trevor Traynor On Shooting A Flip Phone-Carrying Redman". 10 November 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "Contact High: Jamil GS On Photographing Jeru the Damaja As the 'Sun Rises In the East'". 22 December 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "Contact High: Ithaka Darin Pappas On Photographing a Bulletproof Vest-Wearing, Skateboarding-Riding Eazy-E". 5 January 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "PHOTOGRAPHER STEPHEN SHAMES TALKS "PANTHERS ON PARADE"". PHOTOGRAPHER STEPHEN SHAMES TALKS “PANTHERS ON PARADE”. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "CONTACT HIGH: PHOTOGRAPHER LUCIAN PERKINS ON SHOOTING BAD BRAINS' VALLEY GREEN SHOW". CONTACT HIGH: PHOTOGRAPHER LUCIAN PERKINS ON SHOOTING BAD BRAINS’ VALLEY GREEN SHOW. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ "Contact High: Chi Modu + Janette Beckman at FotoDC". www.wherevent.com. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ http://photoville.com/contact-high-hip-hops-iconic-photographs-visual-culture/
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