Sue Kwon’s intimate images of rappers in the 1990s and early 2000s offer an inside look at some of the genre’s biggest artists—and an entire culture—on the rise.
“Right after college, I started assisting a fashion photographer. We’d be shooting 10 or 15 rolls of one dress down a beach, and I’d have with three cameras around my neck. And I just remember thinking, ‘This doesn't matter. Conflict and war—that’s what really matters,’” Kwon says.
“I was always interested in stuff like that. I think it was because of my dad. He was a history buff. We talked about the Vietnam war and the Korean war. I thought documenting war was important because that was something that really could maybe change the world,” she continues. “Robert Capa, who helped start Magnum [the legendary photo agency], was one of my first influences. And then I did an internship at the Magnum agency for a bit and was able to pour through all their negatives. That’s where I discovered Susan Meiselas, who took also those pictures of the conflict Nicaragua and also became a big influence.”Sue Kwon“Downton New York was different. I lived on Mott Street, between Prince and Houston. Def Jam was around the corner on Elizabeth Street.
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