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.

My month in Korea is coming to an end and I’m wrapping thing up with a special shoot with the Chillzine Girls tomorrow. There’s an infinite number of pics to blog and I’ve been really happy with the results so stay tuned! In the meantime get ready for our return to APT next Tuesday as MFT takes to the decks once again featuring Atlanta’s Just One and Leroy Burgess. Guaranteed to be a special night and I’ll be in very high spirits as I haven’t seen my New York family in quite some time.

Also a new mix from my man Tyler Askew online for the month of June, download it at http://www.maround.com/mablog/tyler_askew/2008/06/download-mft-radio-8.html

01 Kid Sublime / Pityful Times (Dopeness Galore)
02 Leon King / I Know (MFT)
03 Recloose / Catch a Leaf (Loop)
04 IG Culture / Girl U Need a Change of Mind (Freedom School)
05 Platinum Pied Pipers feat. Karma / On a Cloud (Ubiquity)
06 Sunburst Band / Our Lives Are Shaped (Z Records)
07 Hercules & the Love Affair / You Belong (DFA)
08 KZR / Floating (NDATL)
09 James Pants / We’re Through (Stone’s Throw)
10 Probe + Kaidi / Girl I’m Trying To Score (edit)
11 Nutmeg / Take Time (Neroli)
12 Reel People / Upside (Karizma mix) (Papa)
13 Audision / Red Sky (Roland Appel mix) (Clone)
14 Sabrina Malheiros / New Morning (Far Out)

I’ve never been so busy but having an amazing time in Korea. As I’m shooting 2,000+ images a day and sleeping a max of 4 hours it’s been damn near impossible to blog. In the meantime check out some video provided by imeem at http://www.imeem.com/r16, the BBoys are ridiculously talented and imeem does a good job of capturing what we’re all witnessing firsthand. Sick, sick sick!!!

The new Nike x Kobe campaign continues to impress me.

Big, big things coming up, most notably my ad campaign for Intel recently launched (stay tuned for pics) and I’m off to Korea next week to shoot portraits and cover R16, the Gyeonggi 2008 Urban Arts Festival and World BBoy Championships.

This event is one of the first of its kind in Korea where the government is directly funding and supporting the Korean urban youth community - the bboys, the mcs, the graffiti writers, the beatboxers and djs of the world and the positive movement that is global hip hop. It is designed to inspire, stimulate and hopefully recreate a massive explosion of youthful creativity not only in Korea’s youth communities but amongst all youth wherever hope and inspiration is needed.

I’m going early and staying late to relax a bit but also very interested in shooting as much as I can; if anyone knows anyone or anything please let me know! I’ll be making an effort to connect with artists, designers, forward-thinkers, intellects, etc to shoot portraits as well as see the country a bit.

Back to R16, check for more info at http://www.r16korea.com/eng/ and dig in, it’s a pretty extensive site and really well curated. I’ll try my best to blog from the road and keep everyone posted!

Stay in and catch our debut feature drama Tie a Yellow Ribbon, it’s having its TV broadcast premiere starting May 2008 on Public Television stations across the U.S, including New York City (PBS’s WLIW Channel 21), San Francisco (KQED), Washington DC (WETA), Los Angeles (KLCS), Boston (WGBX), Cincinnati (WCET), Denver (KRMA), Colorado Springs (KTSC), Grand Junction-Montrose, CO (KRMJ), and Lansing, MI (WKAR).

Check local listings from the site:
http://itvs.org/shows/ataglance.php?showID=7597 and
click on “Broadcast.” Or you can always go to our film’s Website to direct
you to info at www.yellowribbonmovie.com. (Check listings as screenings will
constantly change and new cities are being added in May and June and so on)

This weekend in NYC:

WLIW World 05/09/2008 06:00 PM, WLIW World 05/09/2008 08:30 PM
WLIW World 05/10/2008 01:00 AM, WLIW World 05/10/2008 09:00 AM
WLIW World 05/10/2008 03:00 PM

*Also coming soon: DVDs of TIE A YELLOW RIBBON! Check
back with us at our Website for further details.

**I’m in this film, holla if you can find me!

Come see us at the Brooklyn Flea in Ft Greene this Sunday, the largest outdoor market in New York City! Julian, Julie, the gang and I actually have a sales booth from 10am to 5pm at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, on Lafayette Ave. between Clermont and Vanderbilt Ave. It’s going to be a blast! In addition to TINBOTs, Limited Edition TINBOTs and Crunchy Jewels, the Flea will feature 200 vendors of vintage furniture, clothing and antiques alongside new designs by local makers of everything from jewelry to textiles. It’s getting more press than your mamma and gets packed quick so make sure to get there early, rain or shine!

Girls love to swing in Crunchy, you will too!

The new Parra Tinbot will be there with our 6 other designs. We’ll also be selling the matte white Tinbot and ready to demonstrate how you can design it yourself! More info to come on these, I’ve been waaaaay too busy being a photographer lately.

We’re teaming up with Puma again to present the first My Favorite Things of Spring 2008, this time with one of my favorite producer/DJs Daz I Kue from the Bugz in the Attic crew!

Upstairs, we’ve invited the crew from Ghostly International to take things over in celebration of their new compilation for Adult Swim, aptly entitled Ghostly Swim. Giveaways will be in order.

If you want to come down, we’d love to have have you and I’d love to take your picture (but only if you’re feeling creative!). RSVP to secure your spot.

Happy 30th Birthday to fellow rude boy Ben Griesinger, see you tonight bro! I caught him here in the beautiful waters of Puerto Rico…

Another New York gallery/reception that’s undoubtedly worth our while. I’ve personally been looking forward to see what he was up to in the summer of 2007 - 1 vehicle, 16 models, 3 interns and 4,000 rolls of film. Check the link for more info…

I Know Where the Summer Goes
Ryan McGinley
April 3rd – May 3rd 2008
Reception on Thursday April 3rd at 6:00PM

team (gallery, inc.)
83 Grand Street
ny ny 10013

http://teamgal.com/

@Ryan McGinley

Had some time to edit pics from my ongoing Skate Park Series, I’ve already posted Culver City and here’s Hawthorne Park and the kids that skate there. Stay tuned for Paramount in the coming weeks.

Yep, I had to hop the gates just like everyone else…

Met Katie on the way in, an aspiring photographer and the most stylish girl in LA!

Goldie.

Notice the cast? Dude’s still ripping it daily, sign him!

Join Tyler Askew and the rude/MFT boys and girls this Monday, March 24 for a Giant Step after-work session at the Hudson Hotel. Roland Appel of Fauna Flash / Truby Trio will also be in the house from Germany, en route to Miami for WMC.

Entry is FREE, just rsvp at http://www.giantstep.net/events/925

Also, here’s your chance to finally get a rude tee! Designed by Tyler Askew, these limited tees bear our family crest and I wear one every time I shoot (good luck tee y’all). The present run continues our collaboration with Staple as part of their Spring 08 collection, visit SoldOut from Colette or The Reed Space in NYC to get your hands on one.