Ricky Powell
(November 20, 1961 – February 1, 2021) was an American photographer who documented popular culture including hip hop, punk rock, graffiti, and pop art. His photographs have been featured in The New York Times, the New York Post, the Daily News, The Village Voice, TIME, Newsweek, VIBE, The Source, Rolling Stone, among other publications. His photographs included candid portraits of artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Madonna, in addition to many other popular culture artists and other common people. His photographs were included in the books The Rap Photography of Ricky Powell! (1998), The Rickford Files: Classic New York Photographs (2000), Frozade Moments: Classic Street Photography of Ricky Powell (2004), and Public Access: Ricky Powell Photographs (2005) and were exhibited both domestically and internationally. He toured with American hip-hop group Beastie Boys photographing their performances and occasionally appearing in their videos.[/vc_column_text]
Flash Mints is grateful to work with Ricky’s Estate as we honor the powerful and full life that Ricky lived and shared with the world through his photos.
This journey into Flash Mints started years ago when Photographer, Chi Modu met with Ricky to encourage him on his path as a photographer. A meeting that Ricky never forgot and something that Chi was all about, helping his fellow photographer.
Ricky Powell will be releasing 40 images as NFTs in his Genesis Collection on December 18th.
Make sure to check out Ricky’s documentary, “The Individualist” on Showtime available for streaming on Dec. 10th.