Boogie is an amazing photographer from Belgrade Serbia who currently lives in Brooklyn New York. You may have seen his book "It's All Good" an amazing and distrubing book of picutres he took in Brooklyn of gang members and junkies that PowerHouse books published last year. Boogie is a serious thinker, a good drinker and lately one of my favorite people to build with as our conversations are full of insight and cultural exchange. Beyond all that he is an amazing artist. He sent me these pics today and I thought it would be a great way to start off my blog and set the tone for it on the new Slam.  I want to show art and culture not sneakers and hoodies as I hope to turn some people on to great work and possibly inspire a few people along the way.

I have no interest in bigging myself or any imaginary movements up thats not what I'm about. I have a long standing place in the artistic community in NYC and don't see the point of shamelessly pluggin my own stuff as an ends to a means or some how exploit scenes in hopes of catching a corporate check of sorts. I know what my tangible contributions are to downtown New Yorks culture and beyond. I always thought that the experience and journey to that tangible result were the prize in and off itself not in the posturing and plugging of my personal agenda hence I rarley post pics of myself and tend to try to shine light on artists that I consider valid and of import like Boogie. That said I dont feel the need to post every article I write for Mass Appeal or shamelessly plug my own endeavors. Personally I feel like thats transparent and questionable but then again I'm a purist of sorts.

Food for thought and enjoy Boogies pics!