Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Famed Hip Hop photog Jonathan Mannion whose work will appear in Paris’ annual hip-hop festival Back In The Days! which showcases photography, music, graffiti and print graphics from Rap’s golden era shows off some of his well known & unseen pictures while reminiscing in his Gramercy Park studio about influencing Jay-Z to go more Brooklyn than Scarface for the artwork on Reasonable Doubt, convincing & giving DMX his jeans to get in a tub of fake blood for the Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood album cover, shooting The Roc for The Source 2 weeks before their Hollywood divorce and more. The Back In The Day! exhibit takes place Sunday, March 27 at La Bellevilloise in Paris. More after the cut. – ICE
