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1998, 90s, bronx, get by, hiphop, mos def, mosdef, new york, new york city, ny, nyc, rocksteady, talib, talibweli, tdoteric, tericmonroe, thebronx, themoment -

The Moment: Mos Def & Talib Kweli, Get By

The Moment: Mos Def & Talib Kweli, Get By
When we saw each other, we greeted. Mos Def gestured that they were about to go on stage.

I motioned my hand asking to take one photo of him and Talib. They looked at each other and agreed. I stepped back, focused my Yashica Mat (124 G) camera, took one shot and thanked them as they headed for the stage.

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1995, 90s, art, as one, background, culture, hiphop, moment, moments, music, new york, nyc, pharcyde, photograph, photography, rap, signature, t. eric monroe, tdoteric, themoment, thepharcyde -

The Moment: The Pharcyde, As One

The Moment: The Pharcyde, As One

Using the ambient light in the hallway I began shooting them from different angles. After the first 8 frames, the group relaxed and stopped doing the typical 'rap, yo!' poses, vibing with each other. Each of their actions was fluid, in sync with the movements of the others. If there was a low angle shift, someone else moved high; if someone gave a look, someone else would motion or adjust their look to stay complementary to the person adjacent.

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1997, 90s, archival print, brooklyn, common, director, hiphop, lauryn, lauryn hill, music, new york, new york city, ny, nyc, scene, tdoteric, video -

The Moment : Lauryn Hill

The Moment : Lauryn Hill

When I arrived on set, the taping of the video was in full swing, and Lauryn and crew were handling all that needed to be accomplished, moving from scene to scene.

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90s, art, blackthought, culture, hiphop, malikb, manhattan, new york, nyc, park, questlove, roots, the roots, urb -

The Moment: The Original Roots Crew

The Moment: The Original Roots Crew

After meeting The Roots at the park, we started out with some shots near a playground area. Then, we moved and sat on large cement step or bleachers. Questlove, Black Thought, and Malik B. flowed in their space. I didn’t direct them. I just want to capture them in their essence.

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1996, 90s, culture, delasoul, hiphop, mtv, music, peace, rings, rza, studio, themoment, wutang -

The Moment: RZA, Rings

The Moment: RZA, Rings

A few minutes later, RZA walked up the sidewalk. I remember seeing the rings on his hand from a distance. As RZA approached the MTV studio doors, I stood in the sidewalk, greeted RZA with “Peace,” and asked him if I could take a picture of his rings.

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