Ari Marcopoulos is a photographer, film maker and artist. Born in 1957, he was around the age of 20 when he was assisting Andy Warhol and hanging out with Jean Michel Basquiat in New York City. Instead of developing a pop-art edge however, Marcopoulos ventured into the realms of matter-of-fact, day-by-day photography, capturing the lives and emotions of people living on the edge. His preference in themes, subject matters and people most commonly revolves around extreme sports and music culture. His beautiful landscapes and playful representations offer a dynamic and dramatic take on the awesomeness of life that we take for granted.
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Marcopoulos' style has changed from back in the day when he was photographing the 1980's hip hop and skateboard cultural explosions. Back then, it's feel was almost voyeuristic - an witness-eye view of the socio-cultural changes in the youth's world. Heavily connoting the influences music and fashion have on people's groups, or, 'cliques'...
Nowadays, Marcopoulos' pictures focus heavily on portraiture and fashion photography elements, detracting the impact of media factors and replacing them with pure stylistic elements, such as great clothes, rich film and highly photogenic locations.
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