Allen AKA's Blog - Presented by 12ozProphet.com

ALSO KNOWN AS

2010-09-20T18:16:58+00:00

Downtown, NYC. Fall 2010.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 2 years, 8 months, 5 hours, 37 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Monday September 20, 2010

PRADA BOOK

2010-09-08T02:15:43+00:00

Seems like my last few blog entries have centered around books. I’ve been meaning to post this for a while, so hopefully it’s still news to a few people out there. The good people at Prada remembered to send us over a copy of this seven hundred and eight page gem… Featuring an in-depth look at the culture and style that defines the brand, while beautifully documenting the Prada from the inside, as well as from without. From campaigns to spaces, apparel to people, its an incredibly intimate view of the brands past 30 years, which in turn, lays out a visual roadmap towards their future.

Anyhow, our brother, Finok... the King of Green... managed to slip into a few pages along with good friend Barry McGee (who also had an amazing exhibition and book project with them several years ago).

Prada Book.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 2 years, 8 months, 1 week, 5 days, 21 hours, 38 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Tuesday September 7, 2010

AKANYC OFFICIAL

2010-09-03T20:03:52+00:00

We’ve been working on a bunch of supporting stuff to go along with the projects we’ll be releasing. Here’s some custom ALSO KNOWN AS holograms that’ll be on all the stuff. From books to tees, it’ll now be official when you see one of these…

And a breakdown of the layers in the hologram…

This article was posted by Allen AKA 2 years, 8 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 3 hours, 50 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Friday September 3, 2010

AKANYC.com

2010-06-03T21:21:43+00:00

One of the many things we’ve been working on here at ALSO KNOWN AS... A fresh new site to kick things off.

Seems that everybody and their grandmother has a slick new site these days and information about brands and the people behind them has become ubiquitous. So, we decided to go the other way with it and just give people a little tease by way of a video loop we’ll be updating every month or so, that in turn hints at something we’re working on, and a contact form.

Short, sweet and not for everybody.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 2 years, 11 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 20 hours, 32 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Thursday June 3, 2010

BEYOND THE STREET

2010-04-28T23:19:27+00:00

In addition to the recently released Supreme book a while back I was approached to contribute to a different book being worked on by Patrick Nguyen and Stuart Mackenzie for Gestalten titled, “Beyond the Street”. It’s finally hitting store shelves, so I got the chance to peep a copy. The book showcases photos and interviews with 100 artists, galleries, personalities and people that have contributed in some major way to street and urban art around the world. With the efforts I’ve been a part of through 12ozProphet and Also Known As, they saw fit to include me in the line up. The book itself is an impressive 400 page hard cover with plenty to read and tons of great photos and art from a really broad selection of people. Flipping through it, I saw many familiar faces plus lots of good friends and many fellow 12oz bloggers like Os Gemeos, Todd James and Martha Cooper. Check it out… Available soon from Gestalten, Amazon or a book store near you. Here’s a few shots I took of the book, including a couple of the shots I submitted to them.

Crude Oil - Rest In Peace

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 3 weeks, 2 days, 8 hours, 34 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Wednesday April 28, 2010

BLADE - THE CRAZY 5

2010-04-27T23:50:40+00:00

For those unfamiliar, Blade TC5, is both a pioneer and living legend in New York City’s graffiti history. Being a founding member of the infamous “The Crazy 5”, and having rocked over 5,000 trains in his prolific graffiti career, few writers have since managed to pull off what this man had already accomplished when he retired back in the early 1980’s. Blade stopped by the AKANYC / 12ozProphet studio the other day to talk about the glory days, build on some next steps and get down with our chalk board series.

*Note: OsGemeos goofing off on the next panel.

Check out www.bladekingofgraf.com for more information on Blade TC5.

Also check out the 12oz feature with Keo and Dash, who are part of the “The Cool 5”, the successors to the TC5 legacy.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 3 weeks, 3 days, 8 hours, 3 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Tuesday April 27, 2010

SHEPARD FAIREY

2010-04-23T18:57:49+00:00

Unless your deaf, dumb and blind you’ve probably already caught news of Shepard’s new wall in the Bowery. This is the second time Shep collaborates with Goldman Properties to bring his art to life. Here’s a portrait I did from the first effort back at last Decembers Art Basel in Miami. If you happen to be in New York City, be sure to check out his show at Deitch Projects opening May 1st, which also happens to be the last show before they shutter the doors and Jeffrey Deitch takes off to Los Angeles to head up the MOCA.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 4 weeks, 12 hours, 56 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Friday April 23, 2010

SUPREME NYC

2010-04-22T22:31:35+00:00

A long while back our studio was invited by West and James to assist with some shots needed for the Supreme book. After many, many months of waiting for it to be released, it finally dropped yesterday. Featuring shots by fellow bloggers Yuri Shibuya and Jamil GS, the book is a complete retrospect of Supreme’s 16 year history and includes 304 pages of essays, interviews, photos and more detailing all the art, design and culture that define Supreme.

The book is now available at Supreme stores worldwide, with a mass market edition (sans slip case and bonus content) being made available on Amazon.com on April 27th.

A long while back I posted about some studio work we’d been doing. The more observant people out there might have noticed that the stuff in the background we were shooting was actually a Rammellzee canvas from the Supreme shop. Here’s a couple more shots we did, as well as some more behind the scenes stuff.

*Book cover shot via Hypebeast. They also posted a good write up...

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 4 weeks, 1 Day, 9 hours, 22 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Thursday April 22, 2010

ON THE GRIND

2010-04-22T17:55:03+00:00

Yeah, I know, I know… I keep coming back with these posts claiming to be super slammed and promising to post more regularly and then go off and disappear all over again. Guess the dust is never going to settle, but I’ll definitely try harder to work around all we have going on and post. On that tip, we’ve been working on all kinds of new stuff for both Also Known As and 12ozProphet, while continuing to work behind the scenes with select clients on commercial work. In select cases, we’re blessed with being able to merge both by way of collaboration.

That said, yesterday we received an extra special studio visit from Nike chief rocker Mark Parker and twin brother prodigies Os Gemeos. Good things are coming…

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 4 weeks, 1 Day, 13 hours, 59 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Thursday April 22, 2010

STAGES moves to Miami for Art Basel Miami Beach

2009-11-30T20:20:46+00:00

Lance Armstrong and Nike have been sharing their passion for life and sports together through a combined effort STAGES, a global art exhibit aimed at raising worldwide awareness and funds for the LIVESTRONG® Global Cancer Campaign. Capturing the spirit that survives in Lance, more than 20 artists donated their time and creativity to put across a message on behalf of LIVESTRONG, Armstrong’s foundation committed to inspiring and empowering people affected by cancer.

With a strong debut in Paris, STAGES launched at Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery with a team of the world’s most accomplished and promising international artists, including Ed Ruscha, Cai-Guo Qiang, Richard Prince, Catherine Opie, KAWS, Eric White, José Parlá, Christopher Wool, Tom Sachs, Dzine, and Rosson Crow. The second part of their journey took place in New York City hosted by Deitch Projects where the team picked up four extra members with new works: the Os Gemeos twins, Futura and Dustin Yellin.

The finale will take place at one of the art world’s biggest global events: Art Basel Miami Beach. To create an even louder voice for the LIVESTRONG message, STAGES calls in Los Angeles based Christian and Rob Clayton, aka the Clayton Brothers, the furious paintings from Erik Parker and the black and white portraiture genius of artist Tomoo Gokita for a high energy show full of talent and spirit. All artwork on display as part of STAGES will be available for purchase with proceeds directly benefiting LIVESTRONG.

STAGES Miami will be open to the public at O.H.W.O.W. Gallery,
from 4th to the 6th of December 2009. For more information regarding STAGES, please visit http://www.stages09.com or follow the twitter @stages_09.

O.H.W.O.W.
888 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, FL 331132
Gallery hours: Fri-Sat, 12-8pm, Sun 12-6pm

Image Credit

Ed Ruscha
“Vital To The Core”
@Ed Ruscha
Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

Clayton Brothers
Rob and Christian
“Always Alive”
@The Clayton Brothers Rob and Christian

Tomoo Gokita
“A Couple”
@Tomoo Gokita

Erik Parker
“Fake Out”
@Erik Parker

Contributing Artists
Cai Guo-Qiang, Clayton Brothers, Rosson Crow, Jules De Balincourt, Dzine, Shepard Fairey, Futura, Tomoo Gokita, Andreas Gursky, KAWS, Geoff McFetridge, Yoshitomo Nara, Catherine Opie, Os Gemeos, Erik Parker, José Parlá, Raymond Pettibon, Lari Pittman, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Tom Sachs, Kenny Scharf, Eric White, Christopher Wool, Dustin Yellin, Aaron Young

About LIVESTRONG
At LIVESTRONG, we fight for the 28 million people around the world living with cancer today. There can be – and should be – life after cancer for more people. That’s why we kick in at the moment of diagnosis, giving people the resources and support they need to fight cancer head-on. We find innovative ways to raise awareness, fund research and end the stigma about cancer that many survivors face. We connect people and communities to drive social change, and we call for state, national and world leaders to help fight this disease. Anyone anywhere can join our fight against cancer. Join us at http://www.LIVESTRONG.org.

About NIKE, Inc.
NIKE, Inc. based near Beaverton, Oregon, is the world’s leading designer, marketer and distributor of authentic athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for a wide variety of sports and fitness activities. Wholly-owned Nike subsidiaries include Cole Haan, which designs, markets and distributes luxury shoes, handbags, accessories and coats; Converse Inc., which designs, markets and distributes athletic footwear, apparel and accessories; Hurley International LLC, which designs, markets and distributes action sports and youth lifestyle footwear, apparel and accessories; and Umbro Ltd., a leading United Kingdom-based global football (soccer) brand. For more information, visit www.nikebiz.com.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 5 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 9 hours, 33 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Monday November 30, 2009

12ozPROPHET versus DRAWBALL

2009-09-09T20:11:06+00:00

My right hand man, Julio recently brought an interesting new phenomenon to my attention… The home team up in Channel Zero, generally well known for being the true keepers of the faith here on 12ozProphet.com, have been spreading the message via a site called Drawball, which is this odd sort of collaborative graffiti space. It’s really nothing new for 12ozers to coordinate on our boards for the purpose of infiltrating other websites, but this last effort definitely take those efforts to a new level. Anyhow, my respects go out to the 12oz loyalists out there keeping the struggle alive.

More here…
- 12ozProphet / Channel Zero Drawball Thread
- Drawball website

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 8 months, 1 week, 4 days, 3 hours, 43 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Wednesday September 9, 2009

50 BEST NIKE DUNKS OF ALL TIME

2009-09-04T18:14:31+00:00

Complex Magazine just put together a list of the 50 Best Nike Dunks of all time, and the AKA Wet Look Dunks came in at number 10 on their list. No doubt, most sneaker heads would argue a list like this to death, but all of us at AKANYC are honored to take Complex Magazines number 10 spot. Speaking of lists, the AKA Wet Look Dunks made THE list a while back when Nike put together their official list of the top Dunks of all time. I got a cool little feature on the Nike website as part of their Chronicles.

Allen Benedikt, purveyor of AKA (also known as) and curator of 12oz. (Complex Cartel what up!) put together this set of patent low tops inspired by iconic spray can colors. There were only a few sets of these sneakers, never released at retail. Instead, Benedikt worked with Nike to raffle the shoes off to benefit Free Arts NYC—a non-profit organization that helps at-risk and neglected children. The set of seven dunks raised nearly $15,000. Win/win.

FINOK: THE KING OF GREEN

2009-08-28T01:48:17+00:00

My email inbox was just blessed with this little diddy from Brazilian bad boy, Finok. Some of you guys might remember his name and work from an earlier post, but to bring the rest of you up to speed, Finok is steadily pounding the streets of São Paulo, Brazil with his (mostly) green brand of graffiti. Finok is a younger member of the VLOK Team, along with Os Gemeos, Ise, Coyok, Nunca and others, but definitely putting in lots of work.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 8 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 22 hours, 5 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Thursday August 27, 2009

FUCK TEXAS

2009-08-22T01:26:44+00:00

Todd James’ last post is disturbing… 8 years in prison for graffiti?! And on top of it you have a member of the church step in to say they forgive him, but he should still pay for what he’s done? The cherry on top is the comment about how they really hope he’ll evaluate his life and chose a different path, despite the fact that they’ve just condemned him to a failed life by way of institutionalizing him in prison for nearly a decade long sentence. You gotta be fuckin’ kidding me?!

And the USA has the balls to question Iran and North Korea’s way of doing things…

Fuck Texas! Can we just split it off into its own country or hand it back to Mexico already? From what I hear from right wingers, its what they want anyhow. Any of you people reading this from Texas should really be thinking long and hard about moving out before you get caught up in the ignorance that seems to govern that state. Guess I shouldn’t be surprised considering George Dubya had been governing that state before a lot of other morons gave him the chance to screw up the rest of the country as president.

I’m ashamed at the idea that if aliens ever land on Earth, that I’ll somehow be categorized in the same group as the morons involved in that kids prosecution.

Unbelievable!

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 8 months, 4 weeks, 1 Day, 22 hours, 27 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Friday August 21, 2009

OILER RAVEN SACER

2009-08-11T02:12:03+00:00

Happier times… Bobby Maduro Stadium rooftop. Miami, Florida - circa 1999.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 9 months, 1 week, 3 days, 11 hours, 42 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Monday August 10, 2009

CRUDE OIL aka BERNIE PEREZ - REST IN PEACE

2009-08-09T23:49:58+00:00

It’s with a heavy heart that I report that Crude Oil, also known to his friends as Bernie Perez, passed away yesterday. For those that don’t know, Oiler was one of my best friends and is the man responsible for all the handstyles that have decorated all the various 12ozProphet and Also Known As projects incorporating tags over the years. Though misunderstood by many, he was dearly loved by those few he called friends. Oil wasn’t a very big kid physically, but his big heart and big character towered over most, and it was typical for him to be the center of attention in every room he entered or situation he was a part of. Those that we’re in his company (and weren’t on the receiving end of his beef), often had the pleasure of the one man comedy act that made up his true personality. Anyhow, I got this tragic news while on the road, but will try and honor his memory over the coming weeks by posting pictures I know he was fond of. I also have two posts he wanted me to put on his blog for him, that’ll I’ll handle as soon as I can. In the mean time, I’ll leave you with the picture below, which he’d emailed me the day before he passed away.

It’s my hope that Bernie has finally found the tranquility that always seemed to elude him in life. Rest in peace brother…

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 9 months, 1 week, 4 days, 14 hours, 4 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Sunday August 9, 2009

BALLIN’ WITH LEBRON JAMES - AIR MAX LEBRON JAMES VII

2009-08-09T19:58:16+00:00

I’m writing this entry from a hotel room in Cleveland after an action-packed couple of days hosted by Nike. In case you haven’t kept up with the flurry of tweets and posts across the cool-guy blogosphere or caught news from the established sports media outlets, a select group of people were brought out to Akron, Ohio this past weekend at Nike’s invitation to personally partake in the unveiling of the Nike Air Max LeBron James VII sneaker. I’ll leave it to the sports-centric websites to better explain why else LeBron James is monopolizing news headlines, as well as leave most of the hype and fashion fetish surrounding the sneaker to other blogs, and instead focus on the human component to what I witnessed…

For a company as obsessed with performance and function as Nike is, it always amazes me to see how brilliant a form they always follow through with on just about everything they do. Between all the fanboys, hype, and haters, a person can sometimes lose sight of what Nike is truly about: A passion for sport with an existence founded upon an obsession for helping athletes perform better. The fact that along the way, Nike has also managed to create iconic footwear and apparel, influence popular culture or build a multi-billion dollar global empire, are all byproducts of an ethos founded on making products that help great athletes perform even better. As evidenced again this weekend with the unveiling of the Nike Air Max LeBron James VII sneaker, Nike’s passion for sport and attention to detail regularly culminate in footwear technologies that help revolutionize the game, as well as experiences that reset standards.

The weekend began with a forty-five minute bus ride out to LeBron’s home town of Akron to visit the Ed Davis Community Center. This particular community center is significant because it played a major role in LeBron’s early basketball years and was therefore chosen by him personally as the official setting for a retrospective of his professional career thus far. To help visualize this, Nike assembled an impressive series of museum-like displays linked together through a network of rooms that each highlighted a particular milestone in Lebron’s basketball career. Showcased at the center of each room were shoe samples representing the evolution of the Nike Air Max LeBron James sneaker, which also served to emphasize or underscore each of the milestones on display. Once through all the rooms, we were escorted as a group over to the gym to participate in a global webcast for the unveiling of the latest incarnation of the Nike Air Max LeBron James sneaker - the VII - hosted by Kenan Thompson of Saturday Night Live and featuring LeBron James and Nike Footwear Designer Jason Petrie. Kenan steadily maintained himself in top form, continuously added impromptu comedic relief to Jason’s technical breakdown of the new shoe. Meanwhile, LeBron James was answering all manner of questions, from personal to professional, from the crowd in attendance and via those emailing in off the webcast. In and of itself, between the retrospect and the Q&A with Lebron James, this would have been a pretty incredible event, but this being put on by Nike, it only served to lay the foundation for what they had planned next.

The next segment of our tour led us a few miles up the road to LeBron James’ High School, Saint Vincent-Saint Mary. Immediately upon arrival the tour group was divided up by gender with the two halves each escorted to the appropriate school locker room. Once through the door, everybody was then presented with a gym locker bearing their name that in turn contained a Saint Vincent-Saint Mary basketball uniform and pair of Nike Air Max LeBron James VII sneakers, both already conveniently sized to fit, as well as a gym bag stuffed with a pair of socks, a towel and some toiletries. With most everyone standing around gawking and caught in a state somewhere between confusion and rapture, Saint Vincent-Saint Mary Basketball Coach Dru Joyce quickly got everyone’s attention by barking out orders to suit up and then continuing on with some pre-game pep talk. (For those of you uninformed reading this, Coach Dru Joyce II personally coached Lebron James from 8 years old or so, all the way up through High School, subsequently earning Saint Vincent-Saint Mary three additional State Championships together with Lebron James. Coach Dru continues as Head Basketball Coach for SVSM and brought home his fourth State Championship this last year for the 2009 Basketball Season.) Whoever’s minds weren’t blown by this point, most surely detonated once Coach Dru escorted a newly suited up group of wannabe, if not quite ready, ball players down the hall and onto the school basketball court to be greeted by Lebron James and a handful of his closest high school ball playing crew for a bit of hoops.

I’m not going to go into detail about what transpired on the court because honestly, my memory of this segment of the Akron experience is mostly a big exciting blur of a good time. I recall Coach Dru drilling us far beyond what even the most fit among us was prepared for, and then after, watching Lebron James dribble circles around everyone until he’d finally decide to end the embarrassment with one of his trademark slam dunks (extra emphasis on the ‘slam’ part). No doubt, very few people get such an up close and personal opportunity to see what it takes to be a world class athlete like Lebron James, and even less get the opportunity to go up against a professional athlete like him first hand. Thanks to an epic weekend by Nike, I’m proud to say I’ve had my chance, and though I won’t lie and say I even led to Lebron breaking a sweat, I will say it was an experience I’ll remember (and discuss) with fondness for many years to come.

It would be easy at this point to discuss what an incredible sneaker the Nike Air Max LeBron James VII is, but the stellar reviews are already in so I won’t repeat most of what’s already been said about them. Suffice to say that the Air Max LeBron James VII is an incredible shoe. It was designed from scratch for one of the best players to ever play the sport, using the latest footwear technologies by the company that paves the way in sport performance. As I found out personally, wearing a pair isn’t going to allow you to suddenly start dunking on King James, but I have no doubt that it’ll step your game up in more ways than one.

A special thanks to Nike and LeBron for the amazing experience.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 9 months, 1 week, 4 days, 17 hours, 55 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Sunday August 9, 2009

tester

2009-08-07T23:23:59+00:00

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 9 months, 1 week, 6 days, 14 hours, 30 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Friday August 7, 2009

testing

2009-08-07T06:14:46+00:00

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 9 months, 2 weeks, 7 hours, 39 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Friday August 7, 2009

Test

2009-08-07T06:04:10+00:00

this is a test.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 9 months, 2 weeks, 7 hours, 50 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Friday August 7, 2009

AKANYC and OS GEMEOS

2009-07-30T18:23:59+00:00

As anyone not living under a rock should know, Os Gemeos were recently in New York City painting a new mural over on Houston and Bowery. Besides having the privilege to document the Os Gemeos mural along with Martha Cooper, as well as get shots of a truck Os Gemeos and the Brazil Crew painted, we also got to hang out quite bit. True to form, even when not painting, Os Gemeos and the Brazil Crew usually fill the gaps between conversation with something creative. Here’s some shots of our chalk board after one of the times they stopped by the AKANYC studio to hang out.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 9 months, 3 weeks, 19 hours, 30 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Thursday July 30, 2009

OS GEMEOS, COYO, FINOK TRUCK ACTION

2009-07-17T01:24:15+00:00

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen shots of the Os Gemeos mural that just got painted over in New York City’s Bowery neighborhood. Besides painting walls and blogging, Os Gemeos and most of the VLOK Crew also got in on some truck action. Here’s some shots I took of Os Gemeos, Coyo, Finok, and Ise giving a local delivery truck a new paint job. Hopefully, its something most of you haven’t already seen.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 10 months, 5 days, 2 hours, 29 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Thursday July 16, 2009

DASH SNOW 1981 - 2009

2009-07-14T18:26:00+00:00

You’ll be missed…

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 10 months, 1 week, 9 hours, 28 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Tuesday July 14, 2009

MORE OS GEMEOS MAGIC

2009-07-09T18:43:41+00:00

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 10 months, 1 week, 5 days, 9 hours, 10 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Thursday July 9, 2009

OS GEMEOS

2009-07-08T18:32:48+00:00

I’ve been taking pictures of the great stuff happening in the Bowery from Os Gemeos. More to come…

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 10 months, 1 week, 6 days, 9 hours, 21 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Wednesday July 8, 2009

IN THE STUDIO

2009-06-22T18:22:21+00:00

Many of the people that know ‘Also Known As’ probably don’t know that we also operate as a boutique creative services agency catering to a select group of clients. In fact for the last two years or so, we’ve been so busy outsourcing our services, that there hasn’t been much time to put efforts into our own stuff. Hopefully by Fall ‘09 you’ll start to see a more public refocusing on our own brand, but until then, I figured I’d give everyone a small glimpse at some of what we do behind the scenes for other companies. Unfortunately, I can’t really discuss the details of this project or even who it was for, but needless to say it was a real pleasure to have access to Robert Ammirati’s Soho photo studio for a couple days while we were shooting. Robert is an incredible photographer in his own right, who’s been shooting fashion and product photography for the better part of the last 25 years here in New York City. He was also generous enough to lend out his space for a particularly challenging photo assignment, and share some pretty incredible stories about guest lectures from Salvadore Dali he sat in on as an undergrad at Cooper Union or the eccentrics that queued up outside Studio 54. Anyhow, here’s a few production shots…

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 10 months, 4 weeks, 1 Day, 9 hours, 31 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Monday June 22, 2009

YOU GETTIN’ THIS?

2009-06-06T02:11:33+00:00

This article was posted by Allen AKA 3 years, 11 months, 2 weeks, 1 Day, 15 hours, 42 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Friday June 5, 2009

SAW YOUR MOM DURING SPRING BREAK

2009-03-20T06:38:51+00:00

Figured I’d one-up Grotesk.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 4 years, 2 months, 2 days, 5 hours, 15 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Friday March 20, 2009

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

2009-02-27T20:59:10+00:00

Have a good weekend!

Source: http://www.news.com.au

This article was posted by Allen AKA 4 years, 2 months, 3 weeks, 1 Day, 14 hours, 55 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Friday February 27, 2009

LOU REED HATER

2009-02-26T22:45:29+00:00

Guess not everyone was as impressed with Supreme’s Lou Reed collab as I was.

This article was posted by Allen AKA 4 years, 2 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 13 hours, 8 minutes ago.
©Allen AKA & 12ozProphet - Thursday February 26, 2009