my favorite person in my favorite place. proper superlatives.
Author: noavi
thank you YOUR MIDDLE EAST for supporting my work.
the HUF crew always throw a good party.
back in the states for a day + the shenanigans have resumed. thanks due to GARCIA for inviting me to the TDE/BORNxRAISED party he was djing. SCHOOLBOY Q did a set, ODD FUTURE crew was around, but none of that was as interesting as the crowd.
NIKO beautiful as ever. it’s good to be back in LA
“a heart can choke the mind when all its blood flows back into itself.” – HOUSE OF CARDS
it’s always so flattering when MARI chooses to feature my work on her beautifully curated site. click to see more of the feature including my CAIRO photos + writing by inimitable CAIRO native KARIM EL-HAYAWAN. great job everybody.
in 2009 i traveled to SALVATION MOUNTAIN in the south desert region of california near slab city, niland + not too far from the salton sea. it’s the kind of place you go when you don’t want to be found. a group of us drove down there for a shoot + were honored to have the opportunity to meet LEONARD KNIGHT, creator of the famed mountain + folk art monument .
he formed the massive sculpture by covering bales of hay + dirt with concrete + paint. decades on it rose high in the sky, covered with bible verses conveying the message of universal love.
sadly, LEONARD died this week, but his beautiful gift to us all lives on.
thank you to CHRIS STAMP for capturing this moment of me capturing another.
we stopped in slab city for lunch + met some kind souls.
you will be missed, LEONARD.