We asked our friend on the East Coast, legendary photographer Ricky Powell, to take some pictures of his friends in NYC. It ended up in a series of snapshots of old school heroes as well as up and coming profiles. Ricky still knows how to spot funky worms in the rotten apple.
Kaves, Charles Street.
Dante Ross-on the roof on his building 2nd Avenue, East Village.
Mordechai Rubenstein, street photographer, the Jewish Guido, 23rd Street.
Kaves of The Lordz of Brooklyn chilling hard with his vintage Cadillac in the West Village.
Lil Kimmy chillin in front of a NY Thing essex street.
Fat Tony up Spring Street.
Lil' Kimmy Matalova is my 'Faye Dunaway of hip-hop'.
Ryan the riggler getting a cab West Village.
That's my boy 'Creature' out and about 8th St. and 6th ave selling his CDs and books … I look up to him and he's younger than me.
Alan Brownfeld, the King of NY, at his shop Brownfeld Auto 11th Avenue and 29th street has a wicked motorcycle collection—Jay Leno tried to buy one of his bikes … he told Jay to get his own.
Lil Kimmy Lower East Side.