Herausgegeben von: Stuart Baker

Sophie Bramly. is a French photographer born in 1959. In 1982, she moved from France to New York at age 22 and for two years documented the burgeoning hip-hop scene, taking pictures of everyone from graffiti artists and breakdancers to rappers such as the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC. Previously working as a fashion photographer, she returned to France in 1984, bringing a number of US hip-hop artists to Europe and then in 1987 she moved to London to host and produce MTV’s first ever hip-hop show, Yo. MTV Raps. She currently lives in Paris and her work is featured extensively at Hip-Hop 360, a six month long exhibition at the Philarmonie de Paris, France (Dec 21-Aug 22).