and if you dont know, now you know BIG. : Ernie Paniccioli. Regarded by most to be the premier “Hip-Hop photographer in America”, Paniccioli first made his foray into the culture in 1973 when he began capturing the ever-present graffiti art dominating New York City. Armed with a 35-millimeter camera, Paniccioli has recorded the entire evolution of Hip Hop. Much in the same way Gordon Parks recorded the Civil Rights Movement, or akin to the manner in which James Van De Zee, the documentary photographer of Harlem in the 1920s, met the energy and spirit of the times head-on with his picture-making. And like Edward S. Curtis’ monumental prints of the Native peoples of North America, himself a Native American, has found a beauty and resiliency in a community often ignored by mainstream society From Grandmaster Flash at the Roxy (a popular Manhattan nightclub of the late 70’s and early 1980s), to the athletic moves of the legendary Rock Steady Crew, to the fresh faces of Queen Latifah, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, and Lauren Hill. Paniccioli has been in the forefront documenting the greatest cultural movement since Rock and Roll in the 1950s. A true renaissance man, Paniccioli is also a painter, public speaker, and historian. He has also photographed a number of popular figures beyond Hip-Hop, such as Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli, and John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Britney Spears; and Ricky martin, to name a few. The Chief photographer for Word Up! Magazine since 1989, Ernie Paniccioli’s work has also appeared in The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Life, Rolling Stone, Spin, Vibe, Ebony, and The Source and XXL. His television credits include MTV and VH1. Ernie Paniccioli’s images can also be found in numerous books, including: Turn Up The Volume: A Celebration of Black Music (UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History), Rap and Hip Hop, The Voice of A Generation (The Rosen Publishing Group). And Lift Every Voice and Sing (Random House). He was chosen by KrS1 to be the spokesman for The Temple Of Hip Hop at The United Nations at the Hip Hop Peace conference in May of 2001. He was also the moderator at the Meeting Of The Minds at the Zulu Nation 27th Anniversary. His photography was on huge display outside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for The Roots, Rhymes and Rage exhibit in 1999 and a featured part of that same exhibition at The Brooklyn Museum of Art in 2002. He and Kevin Powell have a book documenting thirty years of his Hip-Hop photography due out in November of 2002 called “Who Shot Ya” (Amistad Press) “We the Hip Hop World Nation and Beyond Earth must always respect our brother for what he has offered to our World Hip-Hop Nation and that is his science of taking fantastic pictures of our Hip Hop World. All praise Due to the Supreme Force for our warrior, father, thinker, teacher, speaker, historian, powerful photographer. The Hip-Hop Photo King” - Afrika Bambaataa, Universal Zulu Nation “Mr. Paniccioli documented the only true representation of authentic Hip Hop history to date. He photographed the rise of the greatest inner city movement of the last 27 years of the 20th Century. The God of Hip-Hop photography.” - KRS1, The Temple of Hip-Hop “Ernie Paniccioli has been that archivist of the urban emotion covering the years leading to the millennium and beyond. His work and integrity and hustle have long provided that window to the Hip Hop world that was necessary to exchange the culture way before big budget videos. We thank him for pushing our faces to the world” - Chuck D, Public Enemy “Truly the Master Photographer of Hip-Hop” - Charlie Ahern, “Wild Style” and “yes yes yall” “... The career of photographer Ernie Paniccioli has documented the remarkable thirty year history of Hip-Hop. Many visitors to the exhibition “Hip Hop Nation: Roots, Rhymes and Rage” at the Brooklyn Museum in 2000 had the opportunity to see a small slice of his work. Now his entire career is captured in the compelling photographs in this volume, along with an autobiographical narrative presenting his life, from his boyhood on the streets of Brooklyn to his role as the pre-eminent photographer of Hip Hop” - Arnold Lehman, Ph.D. - Director, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York “...For Ernie Paniccioli to focus his camera on his subjects as well as make successful environmenal portraits offers the reader a clearer understanding of how Ernies visibility as a photographer is respected in this community. An impressive project, it will make an unique contribution to the complex lives of photographers, hip hop culture, fashion and performance art...” - Deborah Willis - Author, Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers “An artist with a camera, Ernie Panicciolis photographs have not only documented but helped define Hip-Hop style. His understanding of where the music has been and his beliefs regarding where it should go gives his work an edge, a personality, that brings something special out of his subjects. Ernies passion comes through in his work, and the stories recounted herein in word and images, gives us insight into the person behind the camera as well as the subjects being photographed.” - Jim Fricke - Senior Curator, Experience Music Project, Seattle, Washington
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