Donate: We The People: The Citizens of NYCHA in Pictures + Words
About this project Informed by the spirit of Jacob Riis, Gordon Parks, and former NYCHA (New York City Housing Authority) resident Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, journalist Rico Washington and photographer Shino Yanagawa aim to challenge popular stigmas and stereotypes applied to housing projects and the residents who live there. We The People culls from the very essence of sustainability, ingenuity, hope, perseverence, and transcendence through candid interviews and photo shoots with former and current residents of NYCHA’s various housing projects. The culmination of the aforementioned photos and interviews is a prospective gallery exhibition in NYC featuring 50 photos, printed interview excerpts, …
Film Scans Mid-Summer 2010 #2: A Bad Brain and Some Painters
For this year’s Afropunk festival i brought along my film camera as well as a digital camera. These are images of some of the artists who worked on this year’s mural and a member of Bad Brains backstage.
Blogs That a Photographer Can Appreciate
Everyday I load up my Google Reader feeds on my girlfriend’s Ipod with the Byline App. Maybe 50% of the feeds include photography related blogs. Here are some of my favs.
Mike Schreiber To Release first book
Got email from photographer Mike Schreiber about the release of his first book. His is talented dude who still shoots film. I’m happy and proud to announce that my first book, “True Hip Hop” will be released on Oct. 26! The book is a collection of hip hop photos (some …
Fresh Daily X Richard Louissaint
This Past weekend brought Fresh Daily and I to an unspecified park in Brooklyn for some new promo pics he was seeking. I have shot Fresh on many occasions but mostly at shows or just fly-on-the-wall portraits. Unfortunatley I had not properly planned for this shoot so I had to come up …
New Video: Jam Session- Paul Beaubrun, Luisa Bastidas and Okai at Ralph Bunch Park
Jam Session 9.18.10 from Richard Louissaint on Vimeo.
Love: The Good, the Bad, the Abstract Exhibit Until October 17, 2010
I had forgotten to let people know that I am in this show which opened yesterday. As 20 plus photographers converge on the issue of love, viewers are taken on journey along a montage that investigates how we love, what we love and why does it seem to be an …
