See more at www.billy-kidd.com / http://www.iwasshotbybillykidd.com
TAGS: Billy Kidd, black & white, black and white, flower, Heather Huey, PHOTOGRAPHY, portrait
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
- http://www.facebook.com/debbie.debbieg
Well, I really haven’t been… yet… but would really like to be.( hint??) This is his very clever and catchy tag line, which of course is a perfect fit with his super cool name, and which is superimposed over his images as you scroll down on his blog, billykidd.blogspot.com I love his intimate, raw and gritty style, which he somehow manages to shake some sweet angelic dust over, giving us portraits of beautiful girls and boys that just give it up, all of it, their essence, their insides, their feelings. He is down to earth, no superficial fashionista dogma or emotional manipulation tricks in this work, he is just a regular cool guy giving us the gift of the real deal. And oh how refreshing it is…..
Kidd is originally from Phoenix, Arizona but lives in Brooklyn. He’s only been able to call himself a photographer since 2007, “I was horrible,” he says. “I didn’t have any inspiration, and didn’t connect photography with art. It wasn’t until I shot a friend – a woman – that I shot anything good.” His simplicity ( on every level ) is his weapon, no fuss, no ego, he captures his images with a Canon 5d mark II. The images I have selected are in three sections, editorial/portraits, then his haunting and heartbreakingly gorgeous flowers, and finally a collaboration he and his girlfriend Heather Huey‘s did of her badass accessories, (show of collab at Clic Gallery September 6th, invite below). And in honor of No Doubt’s “Simmer Down” , I had to throw in his supercool, psychedelic portrait of them.
May 23 13 @ 5:27 PM
ØDD Spring SaleMay 24 13 @ 5:40 PM
Yacht at Shea StadiumMay 25 13 @ 5:50 PM
James Murphy and Special Guests at Grand Prospect HallMay 26 13 @ 5:54 PM
Oneohtrix Point Never at Saint VitusMay 27 13 @ 6:01 PM
A conversation With James MurphyMay 28 13 @ 5:46 PM
Naoaki Funayama: X-don at Ouchi GalleryMay 29 13 @ 6:06 PM
Marina & The Diamonds and Charli XCXMay 30 13 @ 6:10 PM
Lee "Scratch" Perry at Le Poisson RougeMay 31 13 @ 6:15 PM
Azari & III at Highline BallroomJun 07 13 @ 10:42 AM
The Govenors Ball NYC Music Festival
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beautiful work! posters for posterity!2
I like it. And it grabbed your attention esp. if you posted a comment below. whether you love it or hate I don't see anything where it promotes violence or degrading women.. what i see is government taking away the rights of a citizen n the rights away from people. Failure to follow instructions will land us in prison like the model. Now if steven photographed the same concept with average shmucks would we pay much attention to it? i dont think so. it'd be just another political journalistic photograph.3
i agree4
Lovely inspirations <3www.whitebluebird.com5
Perfect inspiration for our soon to be flat : )6
This list is one of the best of restaurants around England.7
... Tilda is like kristen mcmenamy - magic in everything8
the tilda shoot is magic.9
Boring10
LOL this is such a frumpy campaign. Raquel Zimmermann looks so awkward dancing those bad bad moves. WWTT??? a.k.a What Were They Thinking?