If you remember back in June 2013, Juxtapoz dedicated an entire issue to the art and culturual impact of the Beastie Boys. A year after the passing of.
They wonder sometimes.
When your whole mission is rooted in the act of threading physical celluloid through the guts of clunky antiquated projectors, when your group was founded to promote the âunsimulated experienceâ of showing film stock to a room full of strangers, you are at the mercy of knowledge. A while ago, when a guy in Iowa offered them a bunch of old 16mm projectors that he had acquired from a school district there, they bought them, not entirely knowing what they would do with them â it seemed like the right thing to do.
You know, preservation-wise.
See, many decades ago, as legend has it, large reels of film moved clickety-clack through metal projectors. Chicago itself was a major supplier. The names of local companies that created projectors for homes and schools alone â Ampro, EXCEL, Bell & Howell, et al â would be familiar to anyone of a certain age who zoned out during social studies. But then home video arrived, and at multiplexes, digita
Project Yourself! is a free loaner program with a months-long waiting list. You don't get to choose the film reels that come with the 16mm projectors but that's part of the fun.
RIP, Ricky Powell, The Original Lazy Hustler and Legendary NYC Street Photographer
February 01, 2021 | in Photography
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One of the great legends of NYC street photography and culture, the Lazy Hustler himself, Ricky Powell, died today at the age of 59. The iconic photographer was best known for his association with the Beastie Boys in the 1980s, as well as countless shots of hip-hop and NYC culture in those crucial days. Powell was also a valued editorial contributor to Juxtapoz throughout the decades, so the loss is both historical and personal.
There are too many memories of Ricky Powell to share, and so many came before I even got a chance to meet him in person. I remember his