Ernie Paniccioli

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Ernie Paniccioli is an American photographer of hip hop culture. He is a Cree Native American, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York.^[1] His photography of hip hop began in the 1970s with shots of graffiti in New York.^[2]

Hip hop journalist Kevin Powell encouraged Paniccioli to make a book^[1] and in 2002, Who Shot Ya? : Three Decades of Hip-Hop Photography was published.^[3]

[edit] Works

• Who Shot Ya? : Three Decades of Hip-Hop Photography, ISBN 0-06-621168-9
• A film on his life, work, art, photography and politics "THE OTHER SIDE of HIP HOP" won Best Documentary 2007 in The Big Apple Film Festival.
• The Chief photographer for Word Up! Magazine from 1989, Ernie Paniccioli's work has also appeared in The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Life, Rolling Stone, Spin, Vibe, Ebony, Life, The Source and XXL.
• His television credits include MTV and VH1.
• Ernie Paniccioli's images can also be found in numerous books, including:
  • "Turn Up The Volume: A Celebration of Black Music" (UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History)
  • "Rap and Hip Hop, The Voice of A Generation" (Rosen Publishing Group)
  • "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (Random House)
  • "What's Your Hi-Fi Q" ISBN 0-7432-2955-x
  • "Stop The Violence"ISBN 0-679-72782-5
  • "Bling" ISBN 1-58234-558-9
  • "Bling Bling" ISBN 1-932958-02-9
  • "Droppin' Science" ISBN 1 56639-361-2
  • "There's A God On The Mic" ISBN 1-56025-533-1
  • "Bring The Noise" ISBN 0-517-58305-4: An essay and photo in "Sovereign Bones-New native American Writing" by Eric Gansworth editor (Nation Books).
• His photo of Public Enemy was used on the cover of The Journal Of African American History Vol. 90 Summer 2005.
• He was chosen by KRS1 to be the spokesman for The Temple Of Hip Hop at The United Nations at the Hip Hop Peace conference in May of 2001.
• Ernie was also the moderator at the Meeting Of The Minds at the Zulu Nation 27th Anniversary.

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Wiltz, Teresa. "The Ever-Changing Face of Hip-Hop; As It Went From the Streets to the Suites, Photographer Ernie Paniccioli Was There", The Washington Post, 2002-12-26. 
2. ^ Jones, Vanessa E.. "Hip-hop is making its way back to its nonviolent, old- school roots", Boston Globe, 2002-12-26. 
3. ^ Brief Record (Library of Congress Online Catalog). Library of Congress Online Catalog. Retrieved on 2006-08-06.

Ernie also self published 8 book in the first eight weeks of 2008. The titles are "Deeper" "Punk Life" "They Call It Graffiti" "The Truth" "Rap Pop and Soul Headshots VOl. 1" "Rap Pop and Soul Headshots Vol. 2" "Four Decades of Artwork By Ernie Paniccioli 1967-2007" "Ernie Paniccioli Four Decades of Color Artwork 1962-2007"

[edit] External links

• Paniccioli biography

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