Origins: The Social Roots of New York City Hip Hop Culture (PHOTOS)

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ORIGINS is a documentation of the culture of hip hop as a way of life.

Having evolved as a form of social expression, hip hop serves as a reflection of the social conditions prevalent in the housing projects of New York City where for most people opportunity does not knock.

Despite the fact that hip hop has become commercialized and spread globally, it's roots still lay in the boroughs where it originated.

Over the last year and a half I have travelled to New York several times to photograph the culture of hip hop in an attempt to present images that move beyond the music that most people associate with hip hop. Really, the music is a by-product of the social circumstances which exist.

Origins: The Social Roots of New York City Hip Hop Culture

ORIGINS - The Social Roots of NYC hip hop culture

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