They've been essential parts of decades-worth of rap videos yet rarely get the spotlight. That all changes with this book, where the women move to the foreground to be celebrated and showered with attention all their own. It's time to flip it and make the male rappers the window-dressing! What do you call the women in hip-hop videos? The often nameless ones who are featured dancing or posing, whose presence signals baller status for the usually male rapper they are there to support-are they hip-hop honeys, video vixens, ... Read More
They've been essential parts of decades-worth of rap videos yet rarely get the spotlight. That all changes with this book, where the women move to the foreground to be celebrated and showered with attention all their own. It's time to flip it and make the male rappers the window-dressing! What do you call the women in hip-hop videos? The often nameless ones who are featured dancing or posing, whose presence signals baller status for the usually male rapper they are there to support-are they hip-hop honeys, video vixens, video girls, models, dancers? Are they revered, over-sexualized, demeaned, or empowered? Are they stars or set pieces? Who are the women you see in videos?Photographer Brian Finkespent three years hanging out at backstage music-video shoots, getting to know these "hip-hop honeys,". Finke brings his style of robustportraiture and documentary photography to the women who appear in countless videos for artists like Busta' Rhymes, Kanye West, and many other B and C level video artists. Read Less
Add this copy of Hip Hop Honeys to cart. $3.49, like new condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by powerHouse Books.
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Like New. Never used! Light wear to corners/edges from shelving. Wholesale pricing available via Amazon business. Never used! Light wear to corners/edges from shelving.
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New. They've been essential parts of decades-worth of rap videos yet rarely get the spotlight. That all changes with this book, where the women move to the foreground to be celebrated and showered with attention all their own. It's time to flip it and make the male rappers the window-dressing! What do you call the women in hip-hop videos? The often nameless ones who are featured dancing or posing, whose presence signals baller status for the usually male rapper they are there to support--are they hip-hop honeys, video vixens, video girls, models, dancers? Are they revered, over-sexualized, demeaned, or empowered? Are they stars or set pieces? Who are the women you see in videos? Photographer Brian Finke spent three years hanging out at backstage music-video shoots, getting to know these 'hip-hop honeys, . ' Finke brings his style of robust portraiture and documentary photography to the women who appear in countless videos for artists like Busta' Rhymes, Kanye West, and many other B and C level video artists.
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New in New jacket. Brooklyn: powerHouse Books, 2018. First edition. First printing. Hardbound in illustrated boards, issued without dust jacket. Very Fine/Very fine, in original shrink-wrap. A pristine, unopened copy. Square quarto (10¼ x 10¼ inches), 92 pages, illustrated with 61 full-color photographs. The book presents a three-year photographic project by American photographer Brian Finke, documenting behind-the-scenes moments on hip-hop video sets and focusing on the women featured in them. This is one of several monographs by Finke, whose earlier books include "2-4-6-8: American Cheerleaders and Football Players" (2003), "Flight Attendants" (2008), and "U.S. Marshals" (2014).
