Dana Lixenberg – Tupac Biggie

Dana Lixenberg – Tupac BiggieThis volume presents a visual history of Dana Lixenbergs iconic photographs of the legendary artists Tupac and Biggie, broadly considered by many critics and fans to have been the best rappers of their time. These photographs, commissioned by Vibe magazine in 1993 and 1996, have been appropriated over the years by innumerable admirers around the world. Both shoots are shown here in their entirety for the first time, retracing the unforeseen trajectory

to be seen – to realize you’ve been an image this whole time

254 × 305 mm

or in spite of their clear referents

St John’s Oxford

during visits to Florida and California

To celebrate this epic saga

Most significantly

and despite of it

and subsequent compulsion to index the marks on paper

and making their way up the east coast as far as the Isle of Skye

The essence of conversations over lunch is at its core and each issue is constructed as if a menu

drones and surveillance