Hip Hop Photog Ernie Paniccioli Featured in New York Times

Hip hop protographer Ernie Paniccioli was profiled on LENS, the New York Times photovisual blog, highlighted for his work documenting hip hop music and culture, including working as Public Enemy’s photographer.

It’s been a big climb for the self-taught photographer and Native American activist who prizes creativity and social consciousness. Decades ago, Ernie, now 66, fell in love with the street art, music and dance created in Harlem, Hollis and the South Bronx by young people who had little money but plenty of imagination. But even as some of them became stars, he always sought that glimmer in their personalities that had ignited the culture decades earlier.

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