Jerome Albertini Annalisa Armen Janette Beckman Teri Bloom Chris Buck Steve Carty Danny Clinch Michel Comte David Corio Mo Daoud Matthew Dean Peter Dokus Sante D'orazio Matthew Doyle George Dubose Roger Erickson Davis Factor Jim Fiscus Jesse Frohman Paul Hampartsoumian Marc Hom T. Hopkins Gregory Jackson Hassan Jarane Eric Johnson Jeffrey Kane David Katzenstein Kevin Knight Phil Knott Seth Kushner David LaChapelle Christian Lantry Michael Lavine Robert Lewis Dana Lixenberg Anthony Mandler Mark Mann Jonathan Mannion Clay Patrick McBride Estevan Oriol Ernie Paniccioli Adam Port Ebet Roberts Matthew Salacuse Derrick Santini Michael Schreiber Mark Seliger Jamel Shabazz Ivory Sierra Piotr Sikora Atsuko Tanaka Max Vadukul Nitin Vadukul Cesar Vera Sacha Waldman Craig Wetherby Christian Witkin         Ernie Paniccioli Regarded by most to be the premier “Hip-Hop photographer in America," Paniccioli first made his foray into the culture in 1973 when he began capturing the ever-present graffiti art dominating New York City. Armed with a 35 millimeter camera, Paniccioli has recorded the entire evolution of Hip-Hop, much in the same way Gordon Parks recorded the Civil Rights Movement, or akin to the manner in which James Van Der Zee, the documentary photographer of Harlem in the 1920s, met the energy and spirit of his times head-on with his picture-making. And like Edward S. Curtis’ monumental prints of the Native peoples of North America 100 years ago, Paniccioli, himself a Native American, has found a beauty and resiliency in a community often ignored by mainstream society. From Grandmaster Flash at the Roxy (a popular Manhattan nightclub of the late 1970s and early 1980s), to the athletic dance moves of the legendary Rock Steady Crew, to the fresh faces of Queen Latifah, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, and Lauryn Hill, Paniccioli has been in the forefront documenting the greatest cultural movement since Rock and Roll in the 1950s. A true renaissance man, Paniccioli is also a painter, public speaker, and historian. He has also photographed a number of popular figures beyond Hip-Hop, such as Frank Sinatra; Liza Minelli; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Britney Spears; and Ricky Martin, to name a few. World: A Global Anthology of the New Black Literature, features some of the best writers of the Hip-Hop generation. The chief photographer for Word Up! magazine since 1989, Ernie Paniccioli's work has also appeared in The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Life, Rolling Stone, Spin, Vibe, Ebony, and The Source. 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 (The Rosen Publishing Group), and Lift Every Voice and Sing (Random House). He was chosen by KRS1 to be the spokesman for The Temple Of Hip Hop at The United Nations at the Hip Hop Peace Treaty conference in May of 2001 and the moderator at the Meeting Of The Minds at the Zulu Nation 27th Anniversary. His photography was on huge outside display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for The Roots, Rhymes and Rage exhibit. < < Click on an Immortal Photographer.