Ricky Powell
I recently attended a conference in Melbourne called Carbon. An awesome event organised by Acclaim Magazinecovering a wide range of things mainly focused on streetwear. The highlight was seeing legendary NY street photographer Ricky Powell. I knew he’d be great but WOW……Two scooners of beer on the speakers table during the other two previous speakers presentations and he was ON! Haven’t laughed so much in a long time…and the hits kept coming…Any Cornball can wear a camera, shut up ya Jerk Off, Wiggaz and He, She, They were on my dick…was just some of the vocabulary that ensued…so entertaining!!!
Laughs aside he did make me realise I need to appreciate my own surroundings more!
I guess Rickys done the time and has the runs on the board but it was just refreshing to see someone saying whatever they want….rather than being so pre-fab calculated and politically correct.
The illustrator in me couldn’t help but feel it was like a crazy cartoon character stepped straight out of the screen into the real life. So I couldn’t help but draw him up.