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1. Where were you born, and were do you reside?

I was born in Santa Monica, CA and I live in the San Fernando Valley

2. What types of hobbies do you do besides photography/music video directing as a profession.

As a hobbie, I still take pictures and film, I like to look at art, go to art shows, photo exhibitions, ride my motorcycle, lowride, hangout with the family, bbq and hangout with the kids. I also used to skateboard when I was younger at the Del Mar Skate Park, play volleyball, chess, surf, whatever. That’s pretty much it besides working

3. How many kids do you have?

4, one boy, 3 girls.

5. You mentioned going to art shows and photo exhibitions, who are your favorite artists or photographers?

Chaka, Saber, REVOK, RISKY, a lot of Seventh Letter Artists, Retna, Chaz, and more.

6. I know you did that wall piece with Retna as a collaboration, that was really sick.

Yeah, it’s up on Pico and Fairfax. We are going to do a couple more coming up soon. Going back to some of my favorite artists, I like OG Abel and Cartoon of course. Then there are tattoo artists that I like Jack Rudy, Mark Mahoney, and Jose Lopez.

7. I know you started taking pictures of Cypress Hill during the mid ‘90s. Give me a history of how you go into photography.

My dad and my step-mom gave me a camera in the early ‘90s and then I started taking pictures here and there and then during the mid ‘90s people started noticing my photos, and then I started getting professional work around ’97. Around that time I started doing videos and directing them, and I haven’t...................

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It was really nice to see my good friend Mr. Cartoon signing books for all his fans on the Art Walk in Downtown LA. Mr. Cartoon, Estevan Oriol and all the crew over at SA Studios are really doing it big like always.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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