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576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7724731/23_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7724731/15_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7724731/15_o.jpg" data-mid="41624924" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7724731/15_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7724731/19_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7724731/19_o.jpg" data-mid="41624939" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7724731/19_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7724731/20_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7724731/20_o.jpg" data-mid="41624946" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7724731/20_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7724731/17_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7724731/17_o.jpg" data-mid="41624931" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7724731/17_o.jpg" /><br /> SUBJECT LINE<br /> Words by Lucy Mckeon | Images by Ruddy Roye<br /> <br /> function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;} html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; 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Roye recalls it as a budget staple and they joke about government cheese.<br /> <br /> The simple signage, “American Cheese,” offers a caption to Mr. Skerritt’s almost-smile, just the kind of found title Roye loves—provocative, with many layers of interpretation. <br /> <br /> Written on a card around Skerritt’s neck is information about the book “The Transatlantic Slave Trade” by James A. Rawley, which Roye copies down at Skerritt’s recommendation. Skerritt is a photographer himself, it turns out, and he says his images of Harlem, where he’s lived all eighty years of his life, reside in the Library of Congress. He and Roye photograph each other – it’s the first digital Skerritt’s ever taken – and after thanking him, Roye continues down Malcolm X Boulevard toward 125th Street.<br /> <br /> Roye, originally from Jamaica, learned to use a camera in his late twenties—until then, he’d been a journalist. Loading up his Nikon N90 with Sensia slide film, Roye documented the shacks that had popped up along an abandoned train line, walking from Montego Bay to Kingston. He learned to take photographs in the process.<br /> <br /> Since then, Roye’s worked for the Associated Press and has photographed for Ebony, Essence, Jet and Vogue. But most recently he’s become known for his work on Instagram. Roye continues to walk and shoot, observing a subject or scene he wants to capture as he wanders, and waits for the perfect shot.<br /> <br /> With more than 100,000 followers, @ruddyroye is a self-proclaimed “Instagram Activist,” “peeling the cornea off his eyeball to share” images from his phone and, lately, a Sony A7r. The New Yorker picked up his feed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and commissioned him to cover the New York Marathon last fall, as well as Black History Month of this year.<br /> <br /> Roye’s #bedstuyportraits, in the neighborhood where he’s lived since 2001, is one of his largest Instagram collections (other frequent hashtags include #blackportraiture, #streetphotography and #documentary). The formal influence of Richard Avedon is clear in Roye’s portraiture, brazen and fiercely compassionate – Avedon’s photo series, “The American West,” especially comes to mind. Enhanced by Instagram and Snapseed effects; the styles of James Van Der Zee and Roy DeCarava echo through Roye’s documentation of city life.<br /> <br /> No matter where Roye photographs – from Brooklyn to the post-Katrina American South, from Kurdistan (where he recently met survivors from the Iraqi-bombed city of Halabja) to the farms or dancehall sessions of Jamaica, from Jouvert’s horned and painted revelers to the dandy-styled Congolese Sapeurs – Roye incorporates a moment’s pause to hear the story of his “collaborators,‘‘ the term he uses to refer to his subjects. <br /> <br /> Roye’s captions on Instagram, often a few hundred words long, tell the transcribed stories of his collaborators, along with Roye’s own observations or poetic reaction to the exchange. “When I see, I see a story,” he said of his distinctive captions. I see the potential of the individual to give me a story, and that’s how I compose, with a story in my head. We sit down and I do my writing. I don’t think one could exist without the other.” <br /> <br /> On January 13th, of a series showing teenage boys daringly diving into the Kingston Waterfront, Roye writes, “It’s how young boys from the inner city grow up. A kind of street rite of passage, where one’s achievements knit one’s legend.” He reminisces about growing up with a similar “perfect mixture of fun and fear.”<br /> <br /> Roye mentions Carmen McLawrence, a woman he photographed while walking Brooklyn with Kevin Bubriski, a photographer and professor who recently hosted Roye as a visiting artist at Vermont’s Green Mountain College. “It’s me wanting, not just to document somebody’s face, but to hold that face with a story for as long as I can,’’ Roye explains with his soft Jamaican inflection. <br /> <br /> Roye spoke with Carmen about her Jamaican roots, her mental illness, and her discomfort in this country. “I feel responsible for this image and this story,” he tells the audience during his Green Mountain lecture. “Sometimes I smile to myself because I’m thinking, for as long as I continue to do this, Carmen has life. And it’s one of the reasons I continue to go out everyday to tell stories.” <br /> <br /> In his caption, Roye describes Carmen’s striking appearance and quotes her speaking longingly of home. “The sweet, dark, molasses coarseness of her patois brought me back to my days running around in the canefields of my mother’s home in St. Elizabeth,” Roye writes of Carmen. “Her smile dripped like cane juice from her face as she spoke.”<br /> <br /> Poultney, Vermont (population 1,600) is starkly different from Roye’s usual locations of, say, Bedstuy or Kingston. In class with Bubriski’s students, Roye engages the undergraduate photographers with honest critiques and animated praise, a long drawn-out “Maaahd!” in response to a truly thrilling image or question. Only a month into the semester, their work is impressive. <br /> <br /> During his lecture, Roye describes one reaction to his increasingly “milky” Instagram feed that week (featuring Ray Wood, bluegrass guitarist, roofer and gold prospector, among others). A friend had noticed his change of place, “but your images still have soul,” he’d told Roye, who replied, “Funk has the same smell no matter where you go. And I did get a degree from George Clinton.” <br /> <br /> Roye’s work puts forth the funk: his images question and subvert mainstream notions of identity, representation and perception. His captions offer sharp commentary on poverty, inequality and injustice, of humanity in the face of institutional oppression. And because Roye’s collaborators have historically been ignored or misrepresented, his captions further ward off potential stereotypes. <br /> <br /> When photographer and fellow Instagram enthusiast Ben Lowy asked Roye, “Do you want to be known as just a black photographer? Do you want to be known as an Instagram photographer?” Roye had to consider. <br /> <br /> “Today I looked in the mirror,” he realized a few days later, “and I can’t help being a black photographer. That was the first thing,’’ It is of course telling that the question isn’t posed to white photographers. That Roye’s mostly photographed faces of color both is and is not accidental – his work confronts mainstream understandings of “race” and representation by investigating whose images are valuable and why, who is affected by institutionalized inequality in New York City and how. Of his week in Poultney, Roye says, “I hope I was able to touch lives, open eyes. If one person sees past how they were brought up, how they live …it could be an appreciation of more people outside of your community.”<br /> <br /> The second thing Roye noticed when he looked in the mirror, was the difference between paid freelance assignments and his photos on Instagram, which are “something I give freely and with passion,’’ he says.<br /> <br /> The two-way gift between Roye and his collaborators is palpable when you watch him converse with someone like Skerritt. Roye’s work is as much about his interaction with his subjects as it is about the image that’s created. The result is a testament to the humanity of the “forgotten people,” as Roye calls them, those he works to make visible – but never to speak for. His is an aesthetic of lived experience, again and again demonstrating that poverty born of injustice does not negate inner value or artistic beauty. “I think I’m trying to say that I am just like you. That there’s no difference between me and you. In all my pictures I’m trying to say that,” Roye explains.<br /> <br /> Currently, Roye is working on crowd-funding a book of photographs called “Common T’reads,” (a patois pun on shared paths), as well as photographing twenty-two cities in the post-Obama era, among them Newark, Philadelphia, Atlanta. This month his photos will appear in an exhibit on the lower east side organized by New Yorker photo editor Whitney Johnson. <br /> <br /> But while his images are still striking mounted on gallery walls, the essence of Roye’s work is being shared on Instagram. “Art is functional,” Roye said. That stuff in museums? “As soon as it’s in there it’s no longer art, it’s something else. Art needs to be in the community. Everybody needs to use it.”<br /> <br /> <img src="http://pixod.com/hycide/shim.gif" width="865" height="580"> SUBJECT LINE Words by Lucy Mckeon | Images by Ruddy Roye Share “You remember American cheese?” Radcliffe “Ruddy” Roye asks the elderly man who stands, bespect... https://hycide.com/HYCIDE-LAUNCHES-NEWARK-ISSUE https://hycide.com/following/hycide.com/HYCIDE-LAUNCHES-NEWARK-ISSUE Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:20:22 +0000 Hycide.com 8430413 <img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/8430413/SAVE-THE-DATE-HYC_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/8430413/SAVE-THE-DATE-HYC_o.jpg" data-mid="45445611" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/8430413/SAVE-THE-DATE-HYC_o.jpg" /><br /> HYCIDE LAUNCHES NEWARK ISSUE<br /> By Carrie Stetler and Nick Kline<br /> September 2, 2014<br /> <br /> function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;} html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } Share<br /> <br /> HYCIDE magazine celebrates stories and images of Newark, by Newarkers, with a special print issue. The city-based photojournalism and arts journal collaborated with Rutgers-Newark students and faculty on a project that explores the lives of residents whose authentic voices and images rarely appear in mainstream media. <br /> <br /> The issue presents an alternative narrative of the city from the first-person perspective of gang members, public housing residents, the LGBT community, homeless residents and others. But it also includes stories on Newark’s thriving cultural scene, along with people and organizations who work to make the city a better place.<br /> <br /> The Newark issue was created to document of a city on the cusp of potential transformation as redevelopment plans are realized and many see signs of impending gentrification.<br /> <br /> It was born when HYCIDE Editor-in-Chief Akintola Hanif, a photographer and filmmaker, was invited by Newark issue Guest Editor Nick Kline, a Rutgers-Newark assistant professor in the Department of Art, Culture and Media, to co-teach his advanced photography class. Together, with photography and journalism students, they created vibrant portraits of people in the city. The Newark issue also includes a project by Kline, a photo-based artist who drew from old municipal PR images from the City of Newark Archives and Records to reflect upon Newark's history, self-image and its relationship to the past.<br /> <br /> In addition to work from Newark writers, students and photographers, the issue includes a foreword by Christa Clarke, the Newark Museum's senior curator of the Arts of Global Africa, and an introduction by Mark Krasovic, associate director of Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience.<br /> <br /> Rutgers-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor praised the collaboration between HYCIDE and Rutgers-Newark. “It should be no surprise that it is our artists and scholars at the vanguard of the search for understanding and a way forward,'' she said. "It is precisely at the intersection of such diverse perspectives—from faculty, students, community members, artists, and professionals such as our friends from The Newark Museum—that we find our best hope to heal.”<br /> <br /> On Sept 6, HYCIDE held a launch party for the issue at the Newark Museum attended by more than 500 guests. It featured an art installation by Hanif, Kline and their students. The exhibition combined a mixture of street photography, documentary portraiture and photo-based art. It also showcased a selection of images by Newark-born artist Manuel Acevedo, whose work appears in the issue, and by Rutgers University Newark photography students.<br /> <br /> About HYCIDE: HYCIDE magazine, based in Newark, is a unique hybrid of photojournalism and art that provides an intimate glimpse into the lives of marginalized people around the world. It also features the work of cutting edge emerging and established artists, both local and international. Created in 2011 by Newark resident Akintola Hanif and journalists Carrie Stetler and fayemi shakur, HYCIDE has featured many city residents in its photo essays and stories. The entire collection of HYCIDE was recently acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas J. Watson Library and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and has won many other accolades.<br /> <br /> For more information, contact Carrie Stetler, managing editor at stetler735@gmail.com.<br /> <br /> HYCIDE LAUNCHES NEWARK ISSUE By Carrie Stetler and Nick Kline September 2, 2014 Share HYCIDE magazine celebrates stories and images of Newark, by Newarkers,... https://hycide.com/NEW-HOPE https://hycide.com/following/hycide.com/NEW-HOPE Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:20:18 +0000 Hycide.com 7536870 <img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_3445_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_3445_o.jpg" data-mid="40605267" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_3445_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/Slim_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" 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align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_2951_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/Kids_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/Kids_o.jpg" data-mid="40605418" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/Kids_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_2866_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_2866_o.jpg" data-mid="40605201" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_2866_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_3232_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_3232_o.jpg" data-mid="40605235" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_3232_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/Rob_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/Rob_o.jpg" data-mid="40605425" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/Rob_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8279_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8279_o.jpg" data-mid="40605313" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8279_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/Cover_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/Cover_o.jpg" data-mid="40605172" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/Cover_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8169_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8169_o.jpg" data-mid="40605274" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8169_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8180_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8180_o.jpg" data-mid="40605289" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8180_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8921_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1272" height_o="848" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8921_o.jpg" data-mid="40605338" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8921_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8973_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8973_o.jpg" data-mid="40605355" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_8973_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_9066_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_9066_o.jpg" data-mid="40605395" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_9066_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_9184_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_9184_o.jpg" data-mid="40605404" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_9184_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_9011_15_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_9011_15_o.jpg" data-mid="40610295" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7536870/IMG_9011_15_o.jpg" /><br /> <br /> NEW HOPE<br /> Words and Images by Akintola Hanif<br /> <br /> function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;} html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } Share<br /> <br /> <br /> I remember driving past New Hope Village for years and thinking to myself, “I ain't going in there.” It seemed like the kind of place you could get robbed or shot on a humble. There were always wild-looking dudes outside the buildings, just lurking. I’d forgotten my childhood friend Bre' grew up in New Hope Towers (a taller version of New Hope Village right next door), so I was there often through my high school years. It was the same way back then, but this was before I became a photographer and started to venture out into different hoods to shoot and connect with strangers. <br /> <br /> I wound up back out there this summer after I met Slim, a tall thin pretty young self-described “femme/ agress” (feminine, aggressive lesbian), and asked if I could photograph her. When I got to New Hope, she was waiting for me with about ten of her homies---Crips, young G’s and a few of her homegirls. She’d already told them I was coming (to take her picture.) They didn’t say anything to me but I could tell they wanted to be in the pics. I wanted to shoot them, too. They were just the type of subjects I look for: hood cats with gang tatts on their faces, wild color Nikes I’d never seen before, and that authentic hood swag that the hipsters half ass try to emulate but can't quite get right. <br /> <br /> As Slim started to walk me through the projects, I noticed that almost every other cat was wearing a Gucci or Fendi belt and was dipped up from head to toe. It was like a high end hood fashion show. True Religion this, Prada, Northface that. Classic hood shit, colorful and vibrant but not all extra tight and clown like. <br /> <br /> Another thing I couldn’t overlook was the armed security guards with bulletproof vests. I tried my best to pay them no mind, snuck a few pics and started to survey the land a little more. When I began to look closer, I saw beautiful African features everywhere: high cheekbones, chinky eyes, extra melanin---and natural charisma. I knew I had to shoot as many of them as I could. As we continued, Slim introduced me to Tank, Rambo, Puerto-Rok and her homegirl Shannon. Once I started shooting them, a few of the other homies gathered around for group shots too. <br /> <br /> Now I was on a mission to develop my relationship with the rest of the hood. But when cats in the hood see a stranger with a camera taking to many random pics they usually assume you’re police, or an informant. You can’t just run through there without a “pass.’’ So I needed someone besides Slim, who no longer lived there, to co-sign my presence. Slim introduced me to Rob, who would later become my lil’ man.' Robb was the type of cat you can tell ain’t having it because of where and how he grew up, but he also had a laid back peaceful vibe to him. Had he been raised in Brooklyn Heights, he would have been just a regular cool dude: sipping Chardonnay on some merry shit. He was the most cooperative of everybody I met there---always down to shoot. When he told me to be safe, I knew he meant it. <br /> <br /> After I shot Robb, I bumped into my man Bo from BT (Baxter Terrace Projects) and now I felt at ease. Later, I ran into my homegirl, Amirah “Piggy Loc,’’ who I knew from my non-profit work with gangs, and it was on. They trusted me so now I felt 150 percent safe and secure, and more people were willing to let me shoot them. From then on, I just started going out there by myself like I was supposed to be there. <br /> <br /> On my third day shooting in New Hope I met the homies: G5, Capo, Shotty, Tweak and Frenchy. New Hope is a Crip hood, and for the most part Crips are about getting their money. But they keep the blunts in rotation and stay on that lean (promethazine) too. They use a baby bottle to measure it out and mix it with soda by the ounce. I’ve been seeing my dudes on that syrup for the last four or five years but never saw it measured in a baby bottle. Go figure. <br /> <br /> From what I saw, no matter what the homies were doing, they showed consideration for their people. During the day, kids ruled the playground. The hustlers did their thing, but it was always with respect for each other and nowhere near the kids. <br /> <br /> I was pretty much a fly on the wall in New Hope, shooting everybody that was willing---kids, elders, parents, whoever. I remember one night Shannon took me to a tattoo party, where a local artist comes to somebody’s apartment and tatts up as many people as he or she can. The tatts usually take about thirty minutes a piece and cost about $30-$100. Everybody out there has tatts. I stayed and flicked it up for about two hours but the air was so thick from blunt smoke I left woozy. That was my last night out there. <br /> <br /> What I love and appreciate most about New Hope---and and all the other projects that I’ve been to---is that because everybody lives so close to together and is always out and around, they’re a big part of each other's lives, be it for positive or negative reasons. In this country, getting ahead means moving to the suburbs, having more space, buying privacy, and disconnecting. But in the projects, whether people are are hustling or poor, or whatever their social standing may be, they show genuine love and respect for one another. They have a real community with its own rituals, codes of etiquette, and rhythm. Like it's really a village. <br /> <br /> <img src="http://pixod.com/hycide/shim.gif" width="865" height="580"> NEW HOPE Words and Images by Akintola Hanif Share I remember driving past New Hope Village for years and thinking to myself, “I ain't going in there.” It see... https://hycide.com/BOLD-AS-LOVE https://hycide.com/following/hycide.com/BOLD-AS-LOVE Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:20:17 +0000 Hycide.com 7321838 <img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/6_866.jpg" width="866" height="579" width_o="1280" height_o="857" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/6_o.jpg" data-mid="39465089" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 579"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/6_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/1_866.jpg" width="866" height="579" width_o="3872" height_o="2592" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/1_o.jpg" data-mid="39464468" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 579"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/1_866_2x.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/2_866.jpg" width="866" height="579" width_o="1280" height_o="857" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/2_o.jpg" data-mid="39464475" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 579"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/2_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/3_866.jpg" width="866" height="579" width_o="3872" height_o="2592" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/3_o.jpg" data-mid="39464501" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 579"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/3_866_2x.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/4_866.jpg" width="866" height="579" width_o="1280" height_o="857" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/4_o.jpg" data-mid="39464505" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 579"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/4_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/5_866.jpg" width="866" height="579" width_o="1280" height_o="857" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/5_o.jpg" data-mid="39464512" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 579"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7321838/5_o.jpg" /><br /> BOLD AS LOVE<br /> Words by Carrie Stetler | Images by Nema Etebar<br /> <br /> function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;} html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(https://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(https://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } Share<br /> <br /> Photographer Nema Etebar has seen a lot of love on the streets of Philadelphia, his hometown. For Valentine’s Day, we asked him to choose a few of his favorite images of lovers. The results remind us that love is often the sum of many parts, a composite of trust, happiness, lust, tranquility, protectiveness, vulnerability, joy... To quote Jimi Hendrix, they’re all bold as love. While love is universal, expressions of love are as individual as a finger print. And while it doesn’t always last, nothing is better than a moment spent loving and being loved in return.<br /> <br /> <img src="https://pixod.com/hycide/shim.gif" width="865" height="580"> BOLD AS LOVE Words by Carrie Stetler | Images by Nema Etebar Share Photographer Nema Etebar has seen a lot of love on the streets of Philadelphia, his hometown.... https://hycide.com/HARLEM-IN-FLUX https://hycide.com/following/hycide.com/HARLEM-IN-FLUX Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:20:13 +0000 Hycide.com 7270074 <img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/12_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/12_o.jpg" data-mid="39199947" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/12_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/1_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/1_o.jpg" data-mid="39199863" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/1_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/2_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/2_o.jpg" data-mid="39199875" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/2_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/7_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/7_o.jpg" data-mid="39199919" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/7_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/10_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/10_o.jpg" data-mid="39199939" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/10_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/5_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/5_o.jpg" data-mid="39199905" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/5_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/3_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/3_o.jpg" data-mid="39199894" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/3_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/8_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/8_o.jpg" data-mid="39199927" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/8_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/9_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/9_o.jpg" data-mid="39199933" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/9_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/11_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/11_o.jpg" data-mid="39199943" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/11_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/6_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/6_o.jpg" data-mid="39199913" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/6_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/13_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/13_o.jpg" data-mid="39199951" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/7270074/13_o.jpg" /><br /> HARLEM: I(nF)LUX<br /> Words and Images by Tau Battice<br /> <br /> function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;} html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } Share<br /> <br /> One spring evening in 2008, I was discussing the so-called winds of change blowing through upper Manhattan with my Building Word Power class at CUNY when a distraught student shouted, "They're taking our neighborhood!" The ensuing conversation about gentrification and change prompted tears from my students and my own resolution to document what the people of Harlem were saying about their community. And so I set about cataloging Harlem through the faces of Harlemites -- and Harlemites of every stripe. <br /> <br /> Harlem has always been "live," flashy and vibrant -- and sometimes precarious. On my first Sunday in Harlem 22 years ago, I heard a barrage of gunshots as I stood in a city park. I ran for my life then, but I had a hearty laugh afterwards. "Wow, is this how they welcome people to Harlem?" I asked myself.<br /> <br /> Nonetheless, I became smitten, and Harlem remains one of my favorite places. It has the amplified liveliness of my home community in St.Kitts, which I left in the early 1990s when my mother immigrated to the states. As a photographer, I look for the noble commoners, the grassroots. I like grit. Much gold can be mined from grit --- if we take the care to look.<br /> <br /> Harlem is a place where people possess, and broadcast, a strong sense of self in the face of a bullying mainstream. I gravitate towards their style and self-determination. Sometimes I'll stand on a corner for hours just observing people passing by and when the energy is right, I'll approach a potential subject not just to photograph, but also to learn. I’m drawn to the dynamics of power and the interplay of vulnerability and strength.<br /> <br /> Sometimes, we talk for an hour or more before we make a portrait. The project has been an ongoing confirmation and reconfirmation of our shared humanity. We are all striving for the best life. We all want our children to excel. I continually learn that even as I must evaluate and judge, I must also become less judgmental in regarding this other man or woman with whom I share this planet.<br /> <br /> I strive to convey the deity within all of my subjects. But ultimately, I think of what each portrait will say ten, 25, 50 years from now. Perhaps the viewer will see that Harlem isn't as monotone and monolithic as many might assume. It may still be the storied Black Mecca, but I have, for the most part, captured the changing ethnic and demographic diversity of the community. More than anything though, I hope I have captured the consistent dignity and humanity of 21st-century Harlem.<br /> <br /> The Harlem: I(nF)lux" book project solo exhibition runs throughout February at Rio II Gallery in New York City. The opening reception, on Friday, Feb. 7th, runs from 6-9 pm. <br /> <br /> <br /> <img src="http://pixod.com/hycide/shim.gif" width="865" height="580"> HARLEM: I(nF)LUX Words and Images by Tau Battice Share One spring evening in 2008, I was discussing the so-called winds of change blowing through upper... https://hycide.com/LOVE-OVER-EVERYTHING https://hycide.com/following/hycide.com/LOVE-OVER-EVERYTHING Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:20:10 +0000 Hycide.com 6855296 <img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6855296/KingTexas_2013_MorufMag_019_866.jpg" width="866" height="575" width_o="1280" height_o="850" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6855296/KingTexas_2013_MorufMag_019_o.jpg" data-mid="37010206" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 575"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6855296/KingTexas_2013_MorufMag_019_o.jpg" /><br /> LOVE OVER EVERYTHING<br /> Words by amari johnson | Image by King Texas<br /> <br /> function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;} html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } Share<br /> <br /> Even if you've never met him, there's something familiar about Jersey rapper MoRuf. Maybe you went to school with him and used to check him at lunchtime where he spit clever lines that always made you laugh. Ya’ll lost touch after high school. He stuck with it. Now, having graduated from college this past May, Moo feels that there’s nothing holding him back.<br /> <br /> “I wanna see what’s out there. I’m ready for the new,'' says Moo, who was born in Newark and raised in Irvington.<br /> <br /> But what does that mean in a time when the “new” is really just the remixed old with a higher price tag? For Moo, who released his latest project Shades of Moo last month, that new is “bigger than the music. It’s the energy. It’s a vibe. It’s like, MOB [Money Over Bitches],'' he explains. "What does that build up for self? What does that build up for your own? I wanna use my music to open up people’s minds, you feel me?”<br /> <br /> Moo’s acronym of choice is LOE—Love Over Everything—, which he describes as “living love and spreading it, ” Don’t get it twisted, though. Moruf brings more than just generic, positive rap. “I ain’t sitting around talking ‘bout, ‘Eat ya' vegetables kids’ or tryna be hella preachy but I feel like within the music there's a vibe so why not help others through it. For instance, Marvin, Badu, Dilla, Ripperton, you can feel the music and it's nurturing…soulhop.”<br /> <br /> Over the past three years, this gift has taken him to Africa, Canada, and up and down the East and West Coast working with artists such as Jesse Boykins III, and MeLo-X, his Romantic Movement affliates. In August of 2012, Moruf released a mixtape with LA based producer-singer Iman Omari. The project, Euphoria, brought Moo a wider fan base and taught him a crucial lesson: “Taking risks is necessary. You have to do be willing to do something different. That's what allowed me to get out of my cocoon and fly. Cats thought it was weird, for me it was growth.''<br /> <br /> Now, with the release of Shades of Moo, he’s ready for that next level. The title, a reference to Miles Davis’ legendary album, Kind of Blue, reflects the influence jazz has had on this project. “Jazz is emotional music, like blues it's brutally honest, something you can feel. This is an evolution of MoRuf, the artist, the person, this is me unlatched.” <br /> <br /> Listen to or download Shades.Of.Moo for free here <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <img src="http://pixod.com/hycide/shim.gif" width="865" height="580"> LOVE OVER EVERYTHING Words by amari johnson | Image by King Texas Share Even if you've never met him, there's something familiar about Jersey rapper MoRuf.... https://hycide.com/SUBTERRANEAN https://hycide.com/following/hycide.com/SUBTERRANEAN Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:20:09 +0000 Hycide.com 6667310 <img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/black trench_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/black trench_o.jpg" data-mid="37449279" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/black trench_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/big eyes_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/big eyes_o.jpg" data-mid="37451264" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/big eyes_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/drunk thing_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/drunk thing_o.jpg" data-mid="37451266" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/drunk thing_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/horn master_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/horn master_o.jpg" data-mid="37451268" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/horn master_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/sang_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/sang_o.jpg" data-mid="37451270" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/sang_o.jpg" />{image 5}<img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/bz and cz_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/bz and cz_o.jpg" data-mid="37449289" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/bz and cz_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/churros_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/churros_o.jpg" data-mid="37449293" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/churros_o.jpg" />{image 8}<img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/ear bud_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/ear bud_o.jpg" data-mid="37449301" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/ear bud_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/flower dress_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/flower dress_o.jpg" data-mid="37449303" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/flower dress_o.jpg" />{image 11}<img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/fuck you_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/fuck you_o.jpg" data-mid="37449307" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/fuck you_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/get outta town_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/get outta town_o.jpg" data-mid="37449309" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/get outta town_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/1_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/1_o.jpg" data-mid="37449246" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/1_o.jpg" />{image 3}<img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/hints_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/hints_o.jpg" data-mid="37449312" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/hints_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/stars_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/stars_o.jpg" data-mid="37452113" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/stars_o.jpg" />{image 29}{image 15}{image 16}<img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/rand lovers_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/rand lovers_o.jpg" data-mid="37449321" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/rand lovers_o.jpg" />{image 18}<img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/the embrace_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/the embrace_o.jpg" data-mid="37449676" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/the embrace_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/the magician_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/the magician_o.jpg" data-mid="37449677" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/the magician_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/waiting for the local_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/waiting for the local_o.jpg" data-mid="37449679" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/waiting for the local_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/walmart_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/walmart_o.jpg" data-mid="37449680" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/walmart_o.jpg" />{image 19}<img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/threesome_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/threesome_o.jpg" data-mid="37449678" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6667310/threesome_o.jpg" />SUBTERRANEAN<br /> Words and Images by Fabian Palencia<br /> <br /> function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;} html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } Share<br /> <br /> On any given day, roughly 4.5 million people ride the subway in New York City. The train runs along the track with a hypnotic rhythm, only occasionally interrupted by the conductor’s inaudible announcements. <br /> <br /> I’ve been riding the subway system with a camera in hand for the last three years. Making photographs in the subway began as a means to avoid foul weather. Rain, sleet, hail and snow drove me underground into the warmth of the tunnels. What I discovered kept me there. I’ve succumbed to its enchantment.<br /> <br /> On the street, I always have the option to walk away after photographing a subject, but that’s not the case on a train. There’s no escape. A new relationship is inevitable, and as the photographer, its type depends on my bedside manner and the mood of the person in my viewfinder. As I conduct research into the feelings of others, I study my own. The more I connect with them, the further into myself I descend.<br /> <br /> A subway ride is a complete sensory experience, filled with a dynamic range of scents, from intoxicating pheromones and sensual perfumes to the most offensive odors. While visually, today’s subway cars are a stark departure from the days when graffiti covered entire trains, there’s still much to see. Color, geometry, images of fashion and fine art consistently provide the eye a place to rest due to overzealous advertisers, who inundate every square inch of space with typographic noise and illustrated pollution.<br /> <br /> Buskers sing and dance their way through subway cars and await commuters on platforms, providing a soundtrack to the ongoing amusement park of the living. It is both metropolis and wild jungle, teeming with life, and abundant with adventure. The subterranean world is an alternate reality, in which creatures of every kind roam without raising so much as an eyebrow. People that might not be found in the same room elsewhere are in close proximity, intimately joined at the hip. <br /> <br /> In a very public space, privacy is a premium. Straphangers will try their best to sit as far from each other as possible, avoiding eye contact, showing no interest in those who are engaged with them in this transient communal experience. The subway car is analogous to a state between dimensions, a portal in between worlds, where time and space pause. It is simultaneously a sanctuary for lovers and an escape for the lonely.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://pixod.com/hycide/shim.gif" width="865" height="580"> SUBTERRANEAN Words and Images by Fabian Palencia Share On any given day, roughly 4.5 million people ride the subway in New York City. The train runs along the... https://hycide.com/THE-GOLDEN-TRIANGLE https://hycide.com/following/hycide.com/THE-GOLDEN-TRIANGLE Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:20:06 +0000 Hycide.com 6549938 <img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/TGT copy copy_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/TGT copy copy_o.jpg" data-mid="35415555" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/TGT copy copy_866_2x.jpg" caption="TGT" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/TGTweb1_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/TGTweb1_o.jpg" data-mid="35415559" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/TGTweb1_o.jpg" caption="Akintola Hanif" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/JAMEL USE3_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/JAMEL USE3_o.jpg" data-mid="35415584" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/JAMEL USE3_o.jpg" caption="Jamel Shabazz" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/neemuse_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/neemuse_o.jpg" data-mid="35415543" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/neemuse_o.jpg" caption="Nema Etebar" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/TGT copy copy_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/TGT copy copy_o.jpg" data-mid="35415555" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6549938/TGT copy copy_866_2x.jpg" caption="TGT" /><br /> THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE<br /> Words by Akintola Hanif | Images by Nema Etebar, Jamel Shabazz and Akintola Hanif<br /> <br /> function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;} html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } Share<br /> <br /> In The Golden Triangle, which marks HYCIDE's second anniversary, we’re taking it back to our roots—street photography. This issue is a collaboration between myself and photographers Nema Etebar and Jamel Shabazz, the two men who are closest to me, and whose work I deeply admire.<br /> <br /> The Golden Triangle features Nema's work from India, Africa and Philly and Jamel's classic photos from New York City, spanning from the 1970s to today. Many of my images are from Newark, HYCIDE's home base, while others are from Brooklyn, Atlanta and Puerto Rico.<br /> <br /> In “Gladiator School,’’ Jamel recounts his days as a corrections officer at Rikers Island in the 1980s. "Village of Widows,” Nema's photo essay on women survivors of the Rwandan genocide, shares the story of Libirata, who describes her children’s murder during the 100 Days War and her journey to escape death. My photo essay on New Hope Village, a local housing project, documents the rituals, respect and beauty of a people misunderstood.<br /> <br /> The Golden Triangle is a place in Southeast Asia, known globally for its heroin production, but to locals, it's known for its rich history and culture. This serves as a metaphor for our work, but the title of this issue has other meanings as well. <br /> <br /> We are three photojournalists from three different generations who work to bridge racial, psychological and social divides. For us, the universal point of convergence is the camera, which forges our connection to the humanity of our subjects; who are often overlooked by the rest of the the world. We are connected as brothers in vision, with the same sense of purpose.<br /> <br /> In closing, I’d like to thank you all—the readers—for keeping HYCIDE alive and reinforcing the value of this work with your support. To my team, I am eternally grateful for your selfless contributions to this ever-evolving effort. <br /> <br /> Come join us on October 18th, 2013. 6-9pm at Aljra, a Center for Contemporary Art, as we celebrate our Second Anniversary with the release of THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE issue of HYCIDE. [more details on our facebook page] <br /> <br /> <img src="http://pixod.com/hycide/shim.gif" width="865" height="580"> THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE Words by Akintola Hanif | Images by Nema Etebar, Jamel Shabazz and Akintola Hanif Share In The Golden Triangle, which marks HYCIDE's second... https://hycide.com/BACK-TO-EDEN https://hycide.com/following/hycide.com/BACK-TO-EDEN Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:20:05 +0000 Hycide.com 6162936 <img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w3_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w3_o.jpg" data-mid="33850022" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w3_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/W14_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/W14_o.jpg" data-mid="33850064" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/W14_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w1_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w1_o.jpg" data-mid="33850016" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w1_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w2_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w2_o.jpg" data-mid="33850020" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w2_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w4_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w4_o.jpg" data-mid="33850025" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w4_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w5_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w5_o.jpg" data-mid="33850031" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w5_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w8_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w8_o.jpg" data-mid="33850034" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w8_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w11_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w11_o.jpg" data-mid="33850103" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w11_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w10_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w10_o.jpg" data-mid="33850042" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w10_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w.7_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w.7_o.jpg" data-mid="33850012" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w.7_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w12_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w12_o.jpg" data-mid="33850052" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w12_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w.6_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w.6_o.jpg" data-mid="33850008" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w.6_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w13_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w13_o.jpg" data-mid="33850060" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/w13_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/W15_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/W15_o.jpg" data-mid="33850067" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/W15_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/W16_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/W16_o.jpg" data-mid="33850071" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/W16_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/W17_866.jpg" width="866" height="576" width_o="1285" height_o="856" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/W17_o.jpg" data-mid="33850077" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 576"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6162936/W17_o.jpg" /><br /> BACK TO EDEN<br /> Words by Carrie Stetler | Images by Wayne Lawrence<br /> <br /> function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;} html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } Share<br /> <br /> White people in search of tans aren’t the only ones who go to the beach. But pop culture images of the shore usually focus on a single type — Malibu Barbies and Kens, and more recently, the bulked-up, hair-gelled cast of "Jersey Shore.''<br /> <br /> They look nothing like the people in Wayne Lawrence’s photo essays, Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera and MIA: Soliloquy of a Dream. “It’s uncommon in American culture to see images of Black and Latino people at the beach,” says Lawrence, who lives in Brooklyn. “I’m from St. Kitts, where tourists pay to experience our culture, so creating a series of beach images in the Bronx was very much about challenging stereotypes. I was initially drawn to Orchard Beach because it had the stigma of being one of the worst beaches in New York; not because of its physical nature but because it was associated with the hood.”<br /> <br /> His MIA photos focus on Urban Beach Week in Miami’s South Beach, which draws more than 200,000 visitors to the world’s largest hip-hop street fest. “It transforms South Beach during Memorial Day Weekend from a pastel towns of snowbirds, sand and plastic into a chocolate toned gangster’s paradise with the aspirations of a whole generation of youth in clear view,” Lawrence has written.<br /> <br /> At Orchard Beach, his subjects are open and relaxed, at one with the ocean and sand. For Lawrence, Orchard Beach is like Eden. “When we return to the water from whence we came, we’re reminded of our true essence, which fills us with a sense of peace,” he says. “Our existence is defined by our relationship to our maker, but as we grow and the forces of society creep up, we lose sight of our nature and allow ourselves to be defined by material culture.”<br /> <br /> For five years, Lawrence shot Urban Beach Week and the Caribbean festival of Jouvert . But his work shares a common theme. “I’m drawn to marginalized communities where expressions of self and family dynamics are very similar to my own history. The portraits I make are usually me responding to familiar gestures that reveal something of a person’s character,” he says.<br /> <br /> “At the core of my work is the belief that we are all born with the potential for greatness but it often depends on the community that we’re born into, the people we encounter, and the decisions we make as we navigate life. I’d hope that at the very least my work would be seen as a celebration of all we have in common, regardless of race, religion or creed.”<br /> <br /> <img src="http://pixod.com/hycide/shim.gif" width="865" height="580"> BACK TO EDEN Words by Carrie Stetler | Images by Wayne Lawrence Share White people in search of tans aren’t the only ones who go to the beach. But pop culture i... https://hycide.com/MY-YOUTH https://hycide.com/following/hycide.com/MY-YOUTH Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:19:58 +0000 Hycide.com 6015618 <img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/EYES_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/EYES_o.jpg" data-mid="32567600" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/EYES_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/_MG_0251_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/_MG_0251_o.jpg" data-mid="32567597" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/_MG_0251_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/DESTINY_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/DESTINY_o.jpg" data-mid="32567599" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/DESTINY_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/HARMONICA_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/HARMONICA_o.jpg" data-mid="32567601" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/HARMONICA_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/IMG_0092_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/IMG_0092_o.jpg" data-mid="32567603" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/IMG_0092_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/IMG_2564print_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/IMG_2564print_o.jpg" data-mid="32567606" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/IMG_2564print_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/IMG_3002_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="854" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/IMG_3002_o.jpg" data-mid="32567607" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/IMG_3002_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/IMG_1033_866.jpg" width="866" height="646" width_o="1280" height_o="955" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/IMG_1033_o.jpg" data-mid="32567604" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 646"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/IMG_1033_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/KIDS PHOTO_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/KIDS PHOTO_o.jpg" data-mid="32567609" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/KIDS PHOTO_o.jpg" />image 13}<img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/KIDS1 copy_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/KIDS1 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="32567709" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/KIDS1 copy_o.jpg" /><img src="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/LIBRARY PRINT 2_866.jpg" width="866" height="577" width_o="1280" height_o="853" src_o="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/LIBRARY PRINT 2_o.jpg" data-mid="32567614" border="0" align="left" data-title="866 — 866 × 577"data-hi-res="https://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/111342/6015618/LIBRARY PRINT 2_o.jpg" /><br /> MY YOUTH<br /> Words and Images by Akintola Hanif<br /> <br /> function fbs_click() {u=location.href;t=document.title;window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(u)+'&t='+encodeURIComponent(t),'sharer','toolbar=0,status=0,width=626,height=436');return false;} html .fb_share_button { display: -moz-inline-block; display:inline-block; padding:1px 20px 0 5px; height:15px; border:1px solid #d8dfea; background:url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; } html .fb_share_button:hover { color:#fff; border-color:#295582; background:#3b5998 url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?6:26981) no-repeat top right; text-decoration:none; } Share<br /> <br /> I enjoy photographing young people because they’re a lot less guarded, more fluid. There’s no posing or reoccurring stance with kids, like there is with adults. For the most part, a man wants to take a manly picture and a woman wants to take a pretty or sexy picture but kids don't care.<br /> <br /> I appreciate their lack of pretension, that they aren’t yet completely tainted by people’s expectations. I also see an ingeniousness that comes from a lack of certain vices that adults have -- money, cars, clothes, etc -- that allows them to just do their own thing. <br /> <br /> Although some of the kids in my photos look more like teenagers because of their posturing, what I see is the opposite of that—vulnerable children.<br /> <br /> Even though my time with these children has been brief, I feel for them like they're my own. But it’s not enough to feel for them. We have to nurture their gifts, help them explore their infinite potential. Don’t let everyday life take your focus off our children. We must do everything we can to educate, love and shield them from the things we dislike most about the world.<br /> <br /> I know it’s inevitable that they’ll grow up and become more rigid and self-conscious, like us. I can’t help believing that losing our inner child is what damages us the most. Young people don’t have long to be kids anymore before the world treats them like adults. It’s our job to guard the purity within them for as long as we can. <br /> <br /> <br /> <img src="http://pixod.com/hycide/shim.gif" width="865" height="580"> MY YOUTH Words and Images by Akintola Hanif Share I enjoy photographing young people because they’re a lot less guarded, more fluid. There’s no posing or reo...