Sophie Bramly / Portrait of Early Days of Hip Hop

10/10/2015 ISO 1200 Magazine 0 Comments

InTheFlesh have met the photographer Sophie Bramly to mark the release of his book "Walk This Way". She recounts the birth of Hip-Hop in the heart of New York in the 1980s.

DST with Cazal glasses. Photo from exhibition by @sophbram at @colette in Paris with old school rare hip-hop photographs #walkthisway #dst #photoexhibition #exhibition #photooftheday #photography #hiphop #vintagehiphop #streetphotography #streetstyle #subway #galerie213 #portrait #vintagefashion #blackandwhite #bnw

Una foto publicada por In The Flesh (@intheflesh_team) el 30 de Sep de 2015 a la(s) 10:30 PDT

Following Futura 2000, Zephyr, DST, Afrika Islam, Dondi and more, Sophie Bramly was a privileged witness of those rare moments between shots concerts, backstage or simple friends portraits.

These photos depict the will of these innovative artists to hide the blackness of everyday life by colorizing the walls and their music.
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Interview, Film, editing, contact sheets photos by Romain Rivière et Julien Crozet (In The Flesh)
Self-produced by In The Flesh Collective.
Hip-Hop photos courtesy of Sophie Bramly
Thank's to Sophie Bramly, Antoine de Beaupré from Librairie 213 and Colette Shop in Paris.
Music:
Beastie Boys - An Open Letter to NYC
D.S.T. - The Home of Hip Hop
Run DMC, Jason Nevins - It's Like That
GrandMaster Flash - The Message
Jellybean - The Mexican
ESG - Dance
Rammelzee + K-Rob - Beat Bop
GrandMaster Flash - Wildstyle

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