Ernie Paniccioli
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Ernie Paniccioli | |
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| Born | February 26, 1947 |
| Other names | Brother Ernie |
| Known for | hip hop photography |
| Website | erniepaniccioli |
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.[7][9]
Paniccioli grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn and left home as a teenager.[5] He spent time in Greenwich Village and learned about art from singer Richie Havens.[5] He was in the Navy for six years and returned to New York, marrying and having a child.[5]
