See some of the work from the exhibit, Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Artists Respond, here.
Even chalk drawings now are apparently cause for police to shoot artists with rubber bullets, like they did recently in Los Angeles.
While continuing to shoot artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Phil Everly, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, the Moody Blues , Cream, TrafficEric Clapton, Linda Ronstadt, John Hiatt, Rickie Lee Jones, Audioslave, and Rosanne Cash, Ethan extended his photographic work to include film and video in 1978, becoming one of the pioneers of music video.
That's one of the reasons Freida L. Wheaton, founder of the Alliance of Black Art Galleries in St . Louis conceived of Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Artists Respond, a multi-site, multi-disciplinary exhibition that invited more than 100 artists from around the world to weigh in on the tragedy and the accompanying issues of civil rights, community safety, police violence, trauma, and healing.
With a reputation for shooting unknown artists into the spotlight but for also having some of the most famous artists in the world, Coachella's musical selections gave attendees the opportunity to listen to all types of music at six different stages throughout the three days.
ENCOURAGED to take photographs by his friend and mentor James Dean, Dennis Hopper carried a camera everywhere in the 1960s, prodigiously shooting the artists, musicians, movie stars and fashion designers who would define his generation.
Italian photographer Manuel Vason began his career in 1999 shooting performance artists and has since become the world's most prolific documentarian when it comes to the practice.
Italian photographer Manuel Vason began his career shooting performance artists in 1999 and has since become one of the world's most prolific documentarian when it comes to the practice.
Italian photographer Manuel Vason began his career in 1999 shooting performance artists and has since become one of the world's most prolific documentarian when it comes to the practice.
"We filmed the opening of the UN in September of '08," Lawrence said, adding, "When people see the video, they assume we took over the UN for a few days!" Creating a "digital General Assembly" and shooting the artists on stage in front of a green screen, the production team hit locations that included Bogotá, Paris, and the Tibet House in New York City.
