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“What the mainstream media at large now calls "hip hop" is a far cry from the creative culture that emerged following the gang truce between the warring factions of the South Bronx,” says Vikki Tobak, curator of ‘CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop’, a photography exhibition that runs in Abu Dhabi until May 31. The show run by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi features more than 150 images by over 60 photographers. The images are displayed alongside original contact sheets, offering rare insight into the subject and the genre. Gulf News caught up with Kazakhsta...
Are shows such as this one a dream given the amount of pre-existing public interest? Absolutely, whenever there’s a unifying force like hip-hop culture that speaks to a universal audience, it’s a dream come true. But it also comes with a big responsibility to tell the right story and celebrate the complexity of the culture. Visitors see the story unfold from a voice of a community to a voice for the world. As a journalist what stories do you hope visitors take away from the exhibition? I wanted to tease out these deeper layers, the spaces where hip-hop was born and took place and took sha...
Ben DeSoto Talks "Un-Retirement" and Shooting Bayou City Music Greats The Houston photography legend made a virtual return to his hometown for a special chat with the CAMH, available starting this week. By Aarohi Sheth 12/16/2020 at 1:55pm Ever since graduating from the University of Houstonâs photojournalism program, Ben DeSotoâs been unstoppable. During his 25 years documenting life in the Bayou City, he covered everything, from DJ Screwâs chop-and-screw sounds to punk band L7âs head-banging and brash vocals. The Houston-raised photographer ended up leaving the city ...