The boys & myself are flying down to Old San Juan to take part in the Candela Art & Music Festival once again!

The Candela Fest has a strong history of great international DJs, Musicians and Artists. I think this year Pablo is introducing new releases or something but I’m also going to show some work. And there will definitely be parties all day and throughout the night. And I will definitely be chillin’ by the pool. Or the beach.  Send me an email if you want more info!

Past DJ’s have included Bobbito (aka Cucumber Slice), Rich Medina, Karl Injex, Tyler Askew, Osunlade, Karen P, Nickodemus of Turntables on the Hudson, Busquelo, Quantic, and Rawjak among others. Artists have included Mode2, Doze Green, Lee Quinones, Swifty, Mitchy Bwoy, Ease1, Skwerm, HVW8, Swoon, SBTG, Shepard Fairey, Dzine, Chris Mendoza and others. Quality!!!

I was last at Candela in 2005 or 2006; I didn’t even own a camera until early 2007 but as usual I managed to borrow a friend’s point and shoot for portraits and some miscellaneous shots. Here’s a few from back in the day, it’s so funny to look back on these!

Tchaiko with Dreads, so cute!

Probe DMS

Queen Majesty y’all!

Emily!

The gang but younger.

Pablo’s Candela Bar.

Has painted these Rude x Candela Adidas, I wonder who has these now?

A Chris Mendoza print. An amazing artist and a great guy!

Family tagging.

When I say all night long I mean all night long!

I’m back from Argentina and settling into the cold here in NYC. Brisk, baby! Anyways, I’m gonna post some pics from the campaign but here’s a few miscellaneous shots I took while shooting the Gauchos. More to come!

I’m back from Argentina and in LA tonight for Puma PT3. Make sure to come out and have a drink on us while cheering on some great friendly competition, it’s gonna be a blast!

Photos Jay Lewis, Design Tyler Askew.

In Argentina shooting a top secret project for the man. Resting in Buenos Aires then off to beautiful Salta for work and play this weekend!

I’m going back to LA for the upcoming PT3 after my upcoming Argentina trip, I’ve been waiting patiently to get back to the skate parks. This trip reminded me that I still haven’t posted numerous favorites from my last excursion in November. Here’s Pin, for example. Pimp!

The Paramount Skate Park Crew.

Brother Khairi has just launched a new addition to Joao and the website is officially up and running, check it out here!

Whether your an avid biker or just looking for an amazing New York City adventure, he has just what you need! A bike tour that’s unlike anything you’ve experienced in New York - joaoride is a curated bike tour which allows you to delve into the city’s hottest spots made only possible by cruising on a pair of hot wheels. Tailor-made tours can be orchestrated as sunrise or sunset tours, and even integrated with a flexible shopping and dining experience.

Don’t sleep on this experience, Khairi has been running NYC for years and will take you to places you’ll only hear about years later. And don’t forget to tell him I sent you!

For information and reservations check the site out at http://www.joaonewyork.com/ride/ or email Joao directly at ride@joaonewyork.com. Big thanks to Nat & Tetsuro for being so much fun to shoot on bikes!

Thanks to family members Khairi Mdnor and Nathalie Coppens, who just got married and organized some of the best wedding parties of the year! Congrats to both of you and thanks for such a memorable couple of weeks!

It started out in typical American style, i.e. the bachelor party at our new favorite Tapas spot Bar Carrera:

And of course ended in typical American style, sorry bro too funny:

I think there’s a total of 3 ceremonies between NYC & Belgium, the 1st was small and simple. Meet at the NY Court House and get it done. I even got to sign as a witness!

The second ceremony had all of the elements - all of the friends and family, a great space and an amazing view, tasty drinks and Tyler, Jin, Andy, Tetsuro and even Natalie on the one’s and two’s.

Tyler getting his catering on, thanks for the drink!

Fire!

Thanks again and keep an eye on Khairi and Nat, they’ve got some great projects coming up!

Presenting Laura, Nina & Tessa, 3 wonderful young ladies staying at a cabana across from the pool. I heart them and was honored to spend a minute with them and their gracious dad Geert. Hope to see you all sooner than later, enjoy Fall in Belgium!

I know, too cute!

Random new friends.

Found a random wall on the beach of Playa Del Carmen. In the middle of the beach.

We’re back & it’s on.

I’m not even sure where to begin, Tuesday night is going to be bananas so RSVP !

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ALSO, Tyler’s August ‘08 show is available for download so get some new tracks for your ipod:

Listen / Download (mp3, 60mb)

01 Grooveman Spot / Neuralgia (Jazzy Sport)
02 Liquid Spirits feat Phonte / If You Don’t Love Me / Stepney (Kindred Spirits)
03 Sabrina Malheiros / Sintonia (Far Out)
04 Reggie B / Gone Away Pt 2 (Record Breakin’)
05 Waxolutionists / Feet (Kid Sublime mix) (Sunshine)
06 Probe DMS / Off and On Love (CDR)
07 Shawn Jackson / Supafly (CDR)
08 Hercules and the Love Affair / You Belong (Hercules Club mix) (DFA)
09 KZR / More To Come (NDATL)
10 Daniel Wang / Like Some Dream (Balihu)
11 Linkwood / Lost Experiment 2004 (Prime Numbers)
12 Nutmeg / Stab (Neroli)
13 IG Culture / Adjusted Perspectives (Freedom Time)
14 Krazy Baldhead / No Cow, No Pow (Ed Rec) ** bonus

Executive produced by my brother Rich Lim and directed by Aaron Rose, this film is a must see! Buy tickets online here!

Starring a selection of artists who are considered leaders within this culture, Beautiful Losers speaks to themes of what happens when the outside becomes “in” as it explores the creative ethos connecting these artists and today’s youth. And it features a bunch of our favorite artists! And it’s good!

Go make something from nothing and enjoy this film, only at IFC!

Theme Magazine just launched online and they’ve posted pics from my recent trip to Suwan, S. Korea - check these and more out here. Theme is easily one of my favorite American magazines “design-wise” and “content-wise” so it’s very nice to be included. Many thanks to John, Jiae and my girl Linyeezy!
The rest of the Korea trip (including tons of R16) will be posted in a bit (after Mexico), stay tuned.

I’m back from about 2 months overseas, and have LOTS to share so stay tuned. South Korea then Mexico; instead of blogging in order I’m going to do the reverse though.

Mexico was split up between Playa del Carmen and Tulum, both were great experiences but at the end of the day it was just a vacation and I tried to relax as much as I could. Not so easy for a photographer visiting a country for the 1st time but I tried a little to be productive.

I call this series people (mostly kids) I encountered while chillin’ with a Pina Colada in my left hand and a camera in my right. Different beaches, different times of the day, different days but all amazing views and interesting characters. Of course I couldn’t really speak to any of them but that’s been the norm this summer and we still had a blast! Stay tuned for two months of work and a new website in September!

Ok I could speak to Dennis, and had a blast with him and Mascha. Stay tuned for mas! I mean more…

I just got an email from Jeff Chang and it’s a nice preface to my “soon-to-come” blogging from my past month in Korea. As he states in his most recent report, “in South Korea, b-boying rules.” Check out Jeff’s article about Korean B-Boys on Salon.com here and stay tuned for my personal pics in the coming days.
Jeff Chang has been a hip-hop journalist for more than a decade and has published 2 books, Total Chaos :: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop and the highly lauded Can’t Stop Won’t Stop :: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (see below). Buy them!

James Houston just graduated from the Glasgow School of Art’s graphic design course. This was his final project.

Big Ideas (don’t get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.