ITHAKA And N.W.A.

Ithaka And N.W.A.

Perhaps the most published and republished commercial photographic works by Ithaka Darin Pappas, are his early archival images of the influential Los Angeles rap group N.W.A.^[26]. Pappas worked for their West Coast record label Priority Records between the years of 1988-1991 and documented almost the entire lifespan of the group, from their obscure South Central beginnings to their meteoric rise to controversial super-stardom...and their eventually disassembly. He has photographed NWA more than any other individual photographer. The pictures from these early sessions, particularly The Miracle Mile Shot, which features all five members of the project photographed on a white backdrop at Ithaka's own apartment in Los Angeles, has been printed in Rolling Stone, Q Magazine (UK), Blitz Magazine (Portugal) and was used as the primary backdrop for the entire NWA segment of the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Brooklyn, New York^[27]. The image also appears in the 2016 HBO documentary, The Defiant Ones, about Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine directed by Alan Hughes^[28].

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photo: Ithaka Darin Pappas © 1988

This was one of many shoots 

That I did of NWA

Priority Records Between 1988 and 1991.

For more information about this image 

Please contact: ithaka.art@gmail.com - Also see:  _ithaka_

Note: This image is not Public Domain, it is Necessary to acquire authorization

thru my Representatives at the Tack Artist Agency Group in Los Angeles 

before reproducing in print, online or merchandising ... thank you.

http://thehundreds.com/ithaka-interview/

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