Being in the Fashion Industry, I’ve worked with my share of photographers.. But when I ran into Suekwon, I saw a unique style of Photography that can only be found in few photgraphers. Suekwon got her start at Village Voice, shooting images ranging from Jay-Z to runaways from Covenant House to underground Jamaican night clubs in Queens(Shoutout to Er’one in Queens, from Corona all the way to Far Rock, Whatup Rell!). Working in this rugged NYC atmosphere; having five seconds to capture an image, dodging security guards and making strangers feel comfortable in front of her camera, Suekwon learned her unique way of shooting. She went on to shoot for various record companies such as Def Jam, Loud Records and Sony, photographing a wide range of hip-hop artists during the golden age of hip-hop. She has photographed artists such as Biggie Smalls, The Beastie Boys, Wu Tang and Jay-Z. Suekwon continues to shoot her own projects, having documented the members of a social club in Little Italy, inmates at Rahway State Prison, strippers at Sue’s Rendezvous and a myriad of characters on the streets of New York City. Her favorite type of assignment is one where she gets to spend a considerable amount of time following the subject and documenting their simple, daily activities. “Shooting Studio portraits is inspiring, but to capture subjects in their own environments, in simple, spontaneous, even mundane moments is even more exciting,” she says. Suekwon created her own unqiue artistic style of photography, as BKB has done with our fashion. It was only right that we pay homage. To check out more work, go to www.suekwon.com.
