| 词条 | B+ (photographer) |
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| name = B+ | image = | caption = | birth_name = Brian Cross | birth_date = 1966 | birth_place = Limerick, Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Photographer, filmmaker | website = {{URL|www.mochilla.com/bplus/}} }}Brian Cross (born in 1966), better known as B+ (sometimes stylized as B Plus), is an Irish photographer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California.[1] He is a co-founder of Mochilla, a film and music production company.[1] He predominantly photographed the Los Angeles' hip hop scene in the 1990s as well as helped create album art for a number of artists including Q-Tip, Eazy-E, Damian Marley, DJ Shadow, and J Dilla.[2] BiographyBrian Cross was born and raised in Limerick, Ireland.[3] He became infatuated with hip hop upon hearing Schoolly D and Public Enemy in the late 1980s.[4] In 1989, he earned a degree in painting from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.[4] He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1990 to attend the California Institute of the Arts.[5] He quickly became entranced by Los Angeles' underground hip hop scene.[3] In 1993, he published It's Not About a Salary: Rap, Race and Resistance in Los Angeles, which was a book of essays, interviews, and photography.[3] It featured conversations with and photographs of The Watts Prophets, Toddy Tee, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, and Freestyle Fellowship.[4] In 2014, he was listed on Complex{{'}}s "15 Rap Photographers Every Rap Fan Should Know" list.[2] In 2017, he published Ghostnotes: Music of the Unplayed, which featured the faces of artists such as J Dilla, Brian Wilson, Leon Ware, George Clinton, and The Notorious B.I.G.[5] Books
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://archives.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/06/01/mochillas-b-plus-on-endtroducing-j-dilla-and-the-last-ten-years-of-hip-hop-photography?showFullText=true|title=Mochilla's B Plus on Endtroducing, J-Dilla, and the Last Ten Years of Hip-Hop Photography|work=SF Weekly|first=Tomas|last=Palermo|date=June 1, 2011|accessdate=April 30, 2018}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2014/10/photographers-every-rap-fan-should-know/brian-cross|title=15 Rap Photographers Every Rap Fan Should Know: B+|work=Complex|first=Susan|last=Cheng|date=October 9, 2014|accessdate=April 30, 2018}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-world-of-music-stardom-through-the-eyes-of-the-photographer-b|title=The World of Music Stardom, Through the Eyes of the Photographer B+|work=The New Yorker|first=Hua|last=Hsu|date=December 26, 2017|accessdate=April 30, 2018}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/bjybaw/brian-cross-ghost-notes-interview-photos-rap|title=No One Sees Rap Like Photographer Brian Cross|work=Noisey|first=Max|last=Bell|date=January 20, 2018|accessdate=April 30, 2018}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/brian-b-cross-ghost-notes-photography-book-captures-j-dilla-george-clinton-and-more-8881360|title=Brian "B+" Cross's Photos Go Beyond Hip-Hop to Capture the Roots of a Whole Culture|work=LA Weekly|first=Layne|last=Weiss|date=November 28, 2017|accessdate=April 30, 2018}} External links
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