An extremely rare 1989 photograph of deceased rap superstar Eazy E (Eric Wright 1964-1995) by artist/photographer Ithaka Darin Pappas will soon be exhibited to the public at The Anneberg Space For Photography in Century City (Los Angeles). The exhibit Contact High: A Visual History Of Hip Hop created and curated by Vikki Tobak, with creative direction by hip hop founding father, Fab 5 Freddy.
Contact High includes 140 works from 60 photographers, with over 75 original, unedited contact sheets—from Barron Claiborne’s iconic Notorious B.I.G. portraits and early images of Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Kanye West as they first came on the the scene, to Janette Beckman’s defining photos of Salt-N-Pepa, Jamel Shabazz and Gordon Parks documenting hip-hop culture and the aforementioned images by Ithaka Darin Pappas.
The exhibit will run April 25th 2019 - Until August 18th 2019
https://www.newsweek.com/history-hip-hop-1383856
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