My guest this week is New York-via-Maine photographer, director, and designer Alexander Richter. We spoke about Top Boy, the James Bond series, how both his parents inspired his early love for film and photography, his career as a music photographer, including stories shooting Sean Price’s Jesus Price album cover and a 50 Cent cover story, his extensive history with billy woods and Backwoodz Studioz, and the creative process behind Dark Brother Rise, his 2020 short film about the eponymous hip-hop photographer from Queensbridge.

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Check out Richter's portfolio here and watch the Dark Brother Rise documentary here.

Read my piece "How billy woods' Backwoodz Studioz Became New York's Best Underground Rap Label" for Pitchfork here

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