RESIDES IN: Atlanta, GA
PHOTOGRAPHED: Fabo in Atlanta, GA
MUSIC PLAYED DURING THE SHOOT: No music. Fabo had a beat in his head.
ANECDOTE: The "manager" of the motel sweated me for $10 for his help in getting "permission" to shoot there. Then [there was] the nice police man that told me to watch my back. Everybody knows Fabo, so we were straight.
FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOOT: [I've been] shooting more entertainers lately. [I] prefer locations - anything unusual or places regular people just don't get to be.
PERSON WHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO HAVE JUICE: Jim. You all know him.
5 YEARS AGO, MY GOAL WAS: [To] return clients that paid my bills.
5 YEARS FROM NOW, MY GOAL IS: [To have] jobs all over the globe.
BIGGEST PROBLEM FACING OUR GENERATION: Ignorance.
Hoffa photographed by Boogie.
NAME, AGE: Boogie, 37RESIDES IN: Brooklyn, New York
PHOTOGRAPHED: Hoffa of onsmash.com
MUSIC THEY LISTENED TO DURING THE SHOOT: I just enjoyed the silence.
BIO: Boogie was born in Belgrade, Serbia in 1969. His father and grandfather were amateur photographers. He graduated from Belgrade University in 1996 with a degree in Electronics and Microprocessors. In 1998 he won a green card through a lottery and emigrated to the US. He is a self-taught photographer. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, TIME, Maxim, Playboy, among other publications. His clients include Nike, Lee Jeans, Element Skateboards, and Shellac.
WEBSITE: www.artcoup.com
Lauren London photographed by Eric Ray Davidson.
NAME, AGE: Eric Ray Davidson, 25RESIDES IN: Brooklyn, New York and Los Feliz, Los Angeles
PHOTOGRAPHED: Lauren London in Mount Olympus, Los Angeles
MUSIC PLAYED DURING THE SHOOT: Mickey Avalon, Citizen Cope, John Legend, Frank Sinatra, and Notorious B.I.G.
ANECDOTE: The shoot was the morning after the BET awards. Lauren London was actually a presenter at the awards and then went out on customary post show events. When she got to the shoot I suggested we go for that "I've been out partying all night" look - worked out pretty well.
home
