The International Center of Photography in New York inaugurates its new Lower East Side location with CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop. The exhibition, based on Vikki Tobak’s eponymous book published in 2018, documents the explosion of hip-hop in the United States through a series of iconic portraits. These original images break with the stereotypes of a raucous, disorderly culture.
Janette Beckman, “Ladies of Hip-Hop” for Paper magazine, Manhattan, 1988

The exhibition’s opening images show groups of African Americans in public spaces or recording studios, and it takes a while to spot a familiar face in the crowd. The shots are spontaneous, taken in the swing of things during an afternoon spent among friends. These are the early days of hip-hop—an interdisciplinary group phenomenon (including dancers and DJs, graffiti artists and singers), centered around some disadvantaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles and New York. As far as iconic sites, the exhibition insists on regional differences and the influence of other cities.

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