Title: Tupac Biggie
Artist: Dana Lixenberg
Roma Publications in collaboration with Patta, Amsterdam, 2018
Design by Mevis & Van Deursen
Softcover
240 x 340 mm
64 pages + poster
Essay by Robert Kenner
Poem by Kevin Powell
Text in English
First edition
ISBN: 9789492811325
“Tupac Biggie” presents a visual history of Dana Lixenberg's iconic photographs of the legendary artists Tupac and Biggie, considered by many the best rappers of their time. These photographs, commissioned by VIBE magazine in 1993 and 1996, have been appropriated over the years by innumerable admirers around the world. The book shows for the first time both shoots in their entirety and retraces the unforeseen trajectory and ubiquity of these images. The publication is accompanied by an essay written by Robert Kenner and a poem by Kevin Powell, both renowned contributors of VIBE magazine.
- From the publisher’s website
“Tupac Biggie” presents a visual history of Dana Lixenberg's iconic photographs of the legendary artists Tupac and Biggie, considered by many the best rappers of their time. These photographs, commissioned by VIBE magazine in 1993 and 1996, have been appropriated over the years by innumerable admirers around the world. The book shows for the first time both shoots in their entirety and retraces the unforeseen trajectory and ubiquity of these images. The publication is accompanied by an essay written by Robert Kenner and a poem by Kevin Powell, both renowned contributors of VIBE magazine.
- From the publisher’s website
