Ari Marcopoulos in Los Angeles!!

Ari Marcopoulos, amazing photographer and friend of ANP Quarterly (He shot our next cover!) is having a show in LA this weekend. We highly suggest you attend. If you don't know about Ari, here's his bio...

Ari Marcopoulos (1957- , the Netherlands)
Photographer Ari Marcopoulos immerses himself completely in the individuals, personalities, visionaries, and scenes he has photographed. Originally from the Netherlands, Marcopoulos came to New York City in 1979 where he printed photographs for Andy Warhol. He immediately became involved in the art and music scenes of the time. His rarely published photographs of Jean-Michel Basquiat from this period are perhaps the most intimate photographs ever taken of the artist. A book of this work, Portraits from the Studio and the Street, was released in 1988. At this time Marcopoulos turned his attention to the growing hip-hop scene in New York City, becoming friendly with and photographing popular artists such as Fab 5 Freddy and Run-DMC. His photographs were used for the cover of the Beastie Boys album Ill Communication. "Out and About", a book of his work from the New York years was released in 2005 through Alleged Press. Ari Marcopoulos' new work continues his long term documentation of his own family offering an insight into a more private aspect of the artist's life. Like his compelling images of snowboarding, skateboarding, hip-hop and other groups operating outside the cultural mainstream, these new photographs evince an almost anthropological objectivity and thoroughness. Manifesting a sensibility more painterly than photographic, Marcopoulos' supersaturated images capture the unfamiliar or enigmatic in the everyday life of his subjects, creating the necessary detachment for viewing such intimate moments. Marcopoulos lives in Sonoma, California. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Interview and Blind Spot. He was recently the subject of a solo exhibition at PS1, Long Island City, New York.