Ernie Paniccioli Explained

Ernie Paniccioli
Birth Date:26 February 1947
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Other Names:Brother Ernie
Known For:hip hop photography

Ernie Paniccioli (born February 26, 1947)[1] is an American photographer of hip hop culture who lives in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was inducted into the Hip Hop Hall of Fame in 2014.[2]

A Cree Native American, Paniccioli grew up in Brooklyn, New York.[3] Paniccioli's photography of hip hop began in the 1970s with shots of graffiti in New York while working for the telephone company.[4] [5]

He was the chief photographer for Word Up! Magazine beginning in 1987, and his work has also appeared in The New York Times, Life, Rolling Stone, Spin, Ebony, and The Source.[6] [7]

Hip hop journalist Kevin Powell encouraged Paniccioli to make a book and in 2002 Who Shot Ya? : Three Decades of Hip-Hop Photography was published, followed by Hip-Hop at the End of the World: The Photography of Brother Ernie in 2018.[8] [3] He donated his photography archive to Cornell University's Hip Hop Collection in 2012 and it was made available online in August 2020.[9]

Personal life

Paniccioli grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn and left home as a teenager. He spent time in Greenwich Village and learned about art from singer Richie Havens. He was in the Navy for six years and returned to New York, marrying and having a child.

Gallery shows

"Roots, Rhymes, and Rage: The Hip Hop Story", The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio. November 1999-August 2000. Approximately 25 images shown40 Years of Hip Hop Photography, Gladstone • "Hip Hop: A History in Photographs", Minor Injury, New York City. September 1992-January 1993. 12 images shown. • Jersey City, City Hall, 2014

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Banks. Alec. October 15, 2019. Ernie Paniccioli: Your Favorite MC's Favorite Photographer. Rock The Bells. November 21, 2019.
  2. Web site: The Hip Hop Hall of Fame to Honor Hip Hop Legends at Awards Show, Hosted by the Legendary Roxanne Shante, in New York City on Monday, May 19th at 8PM . Send Press Releases with GlobeNewswire . 2014-05-05 . 2020-08-10.
  3. News: Teresa . Wiltz . The Ever-Changing Face of Hip-Hop; As It Went From the Streets to the Suites, Photographer Ernie Paniccioli Was There . The Washington Post . December 26, 2002.
  4. News: Vanessa E. . Jones . Hip-hop is making its way back to its nonviolent, old- school roots . The Boston Globe . December 26, 2002.
  5. Web site: Gonzalez . David . [//lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/public-enemys-private-photographer/ Public Enemy's Private Photographer ]. Lens Blog . 2016-08-07 . 2020-08-09.
  6. Web site: FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE SOMETHING ON EARTH TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE . Zulu Nation . https://web.archive.org/web/20060812033730/http://www.zulunation.com/famous.html . 5 August 2020. 2006-08-12 .
  7. Web site: Ernie Paniccioli Photo Archive . Cornell University Library Digital Collections . 1947-02-26 . 2020-08-05.
  8. Web site: Brief Record (Library of Congress Online Catalog) . August 6, 2006 . Library of Congress Online Catalog.
  9. Web site: Beduya . Jose . Paniccioli's vast hip-hop photo archive launches online . Cornell Chronicle . 5 August 2020.
  10. Web site: Ernie Paniccioli To Exhibit Rare Graffiti Pieces In New York . AllHipHop.com . 2004-05-08 . 2020-08-09.

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