Aún recuerdo el impacto cuando ví la película 'Colors' (Dennis Hopper, 1988) por primera vez (aquella banda sonora con un montón de rap de la vieja escuela -cuando aún era el único disponible- me tuvo atrapado un tiempo entonces, aunque al escucharlo ahora suena un poco cómico). No sabía nada hasta aquel momento del problema con las bandas. Estuve mirando este reportaje y me llevó a aquella primera impresión aunque esto no es ficción; el excelente fotógrafo Robert Yager, originario de Londres, se la juega intimando con miembros de las bandas latinas de Los Ángeles para retratarlos, un trabajo que lleva desarrollando durante más de una década. Y por cierto, en la sección de retratos de su página hay un par de fotos de Dennis Hopper (quien pasa estos días por una tragedia personal al habérsele diagnosticado un cáncer terminal y también en fase de divorcio de su esposa).
I still remember watching the movie 'Colors' (Dennis Hopper, 1988) for the first time (its soundtrack with a lot of old school hip hop, when it was the only one available, was sounding a lot at my home back then although if you listen to it or watch the film now it all seems quite outdated). I knew nothing at that time about the problem with gangs in U.S.A. Looking at these photographs took me to that first impression but this is no fiction; photographer Robert Yager, a native of London, intimated with Latino gang members from Los Angeles in order to portray them, a job that he has developed over more than a decade. By the way, Dennis Hopper (who is on a struggle now because of a terminal cancer and also divorcing his wife) can be found in a couple of pictures at the portrait section of Yager's website.
[vía The Selvedge Yard]
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Y se puede escuchar buen rap en Underground Hip Hop Jukebox...
I still remember watching the movie 'Colors' (Dennis Hopper, 1988) for the first time (its soundtrack with a lot of old school hip hop, when it was the only one available, was sounding a lot at my home back then although if you listen to it or watch the film now it all seems quite outdated). I knew nothing at that time about the problem with gangs in U.S.A. Looking at these photographs took me to that first impression but this is no fiction; photographer Robert Yager, a native of London, intimated with Latino gang members from Los Angeles in order to portray them, a job that he has developed over more than a decade. By the way, Dennis Hopper (who is on a struggle now because of a terminal cancer and also divorcing his wife) can be found in a couple of pictures at the portrait section of Yager's website.
[vía The Selvedge Yard]
>EscuchaListen
▶Cypress Hill·'No Entiendes la Onda'
Y se puede escuchar buen rap en Underground Hip Hop Jukebox...
