Description
‘Cold Crush Brothers – Large‘
(SIGNED)
Joe Conzo, Jr.
The Cold Crush Brothers at The Dixie Club during the filming of Wildstyle, 1981
NB This rare and important piece is part of the collection at Cornell University, who own more than 10,000 of Joe Conzo’s negatives and prints:
https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/hiphop/conzo.php
https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:927448
Hip-hop became a part of the mainstream music industry in the early 1980s when major record labels released albums from such accessible groups as Run DMC and the Sugarhill Gang.
But the true origins of one of the most powerful pop-cultural influences in the world are in the spontaneous, progressive musical culture that grew out of tough Bronx neighbourhoods of the 1970s and led to a renaissance of poetry, music, and fashion.
Through the work of pioneering hip-hop photographer Joe Conzo – the man The New York Times calls “the chronicler who took hip hop’s baby pictures”
Year: 2023
Edition: 5
COA: Yes*
Signed: Yes*
Numbered: Yes*
Medium: Archival Pigment Print on 290gsm Moab Entrada Fine Art Paper
Joe Conzo
Joe Conzo
Joe Conzo