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While I don't talk too much about my practice as a photographer I’m sure many know about my experience in breakdancing. It's been almost 20 years since I have been dancing and while I have not competed as much in recent years (mostly from time constraints from my artistic practice) at one point my dance crew and I traveled the United States competing against some of the world’s best.
Along the way I had the opportunity to begin photographing much of that dance scene. Its a small practice. Many only know the moves and dance from pop culture or I guess in recent yrs from the olympics. There however is a rich rich history that stems from the beginning of Hip Hop. Lots of legacy that is passed down through word of mouth and not in writing, a lot lost between generations.
As both artists, photographers, and practitioners of the dance one of my close friends Kenechi Unachuwku and I created a photography duo Film Cypher to capture moments rarely photographed. Through the years we have been able to document pieces of this culture that I personally feel no other photographer has done prior at this level, and done all on film. Through the process we have captured legacy, community, passion, technical skill.
Over the past year we have been fortunate enough to have our works be accepted into the Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx in addition to the Museum of Pop Culture. As we continue this journey we hope to continue sharing our experiences with the world. A cultural phenomena so unique in physical shape and also in history; a Black American movement originally in small areas of New York now seen in every corner of the world.
@thhmuseum @mopop