Same Camera Different Eye: Shannon McCollum Shoots Two Generations Of Kings

When I took the photograph of T.I., I had been hired to shadow him all day. He had sat in an auditorium listening to students at Morehouse grill him about going to jail, his music & his career. Dude had a subtle look on his face like he had the weight of the world on his shoulder. I just saw this perfect image before it even happened.  So, when I framed the Martin Luther King image up with T.I…. it was like two generations of Kings… ML King & and T.I., the king of the south who had been humbled by his gun charges.–Shannon McCollum

About Shannon McCollum

www.myspace.com/shannonmccollum

Hailed as hip hop’s Gordon Parks, McCollum’s candid portraits have traced the evolutionary genius of funk mavens OutKast, captured the elusive flair of Erykah Badu, revolutionized dead prez, reaffirmed The Last Poet’s necessity, and redeemed the Notorious BIG. His intimate masterpieces have blessed the pages of the coveted publications The New York Times, Rolling Stone, XXL, Boston Globe, Vibe, and Black Enterprise.

Shannon McCollum’s new  blog “SAME CAMERA DIFFERENT EYE,” appears exclusively on www.afrostoshelltoes.com/word

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