• Videos
  • Movies
  • Live
  • coming soon
  • Login/Sign up
Menu

Havoc TV

  • Videos
  • Movies
  • Live
  • coming soon
  • Login/Sign up

Big Shots!

March 23, 2017

“I do think the speeding-up of our culture makes people like the old format of that instant satisfaction,” Mr. Phillip Leeds said about the affection for Polaroid film.

Phillip Leeds, former tour manager of Kelis and N.E.R.D., is soon to drop a new book entitled, Big Shots, of polaroid photos that capture the energy of the world of hip-hop and the greater worlds of music and fashion alike.

While Leeds was tour managing  for N*E*R*D and Pharrell, he traveled with cameras. He had a Pelican case of twin-lens reflex and an SLR, but never traveled with his Bg Shot polaroid just because it was so huge. So he started taking pictures with it at his house. After he stopped touring in '06-'07, and started working at Billionaire Boys Club, he kept the camera at his office, where people would come through to get clothes and he would just snap pictures. He wasn’t trying to do anything and his subject matter inevitably turned into a lot of celebrity and New York cool people. 

Big Shots is a compilation of previously unpublished work documenting some of the biggest names in hip-hop and fashion. Leeds' collection of Polaroid portraits — more than 250 of artists and figures including Mos Def, Jay Z, Tyler the Creator, Quest-love, and Rita Ora — has effectively grown to capture an important moment in music and fashion.

Tags Wiz Khalifa, ASAP Rocky, snoop dogg, pharrell, N*E*R*D, Billionaire Boys Club, Mos Def, jay Z, tyler the creator, Quest-love, Big Shots, Phillip Leeds, march
← GrandeMarshall: Art Imitates LifeThe Black Angels Share "I'd Kill For Her" Video →

FEATURED INTERVIEWS

Featured
Finding Empty Spaces With Photographer Kevin Jansen
Finding Empty Spaces With Photographer Kevin Jansen

Filmmaker and photographer Kevin Jansen's upcoming surf film "Please Have Fun," is based on the premise of finding your empty spaces. It could be as simple as a day at crowded Malibu or Rincon and you get one wave all to yourself.

Photographer Dani Bautista Fuses Skateboarding, Travel, and Discovery
Photographer Dani Bautista Fuses Skateboarding, Travel, and Discovery

Dani Bautista's photography is driven by the desire to document the everyday. We talk with Bautista about how skateboarding informs his work and what drives his passion for photography. 

Storytime: Big Lou
Storytime: Big Lou

In this episode of our animated series, "StoryTime", skater Louie Lopez’s dad Big Lou, frames up their run in with the cops at the Puerto Rico airport when Louie decided to skate the roof of one of their buildings.

INSTAGRAM FEED

In 1997, Spiritualized's album Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space was named album of the year  by NME magazine over much more glorified opus albums like Radiohead's OK Computer and The Verve's Urban Hymns. The newest release from Jason Pierce & Co., And Nothing Hurt, is a similarly ambitious blend of shoegazer rock and indie R&B that is sure to keep his legion of fans happy, but let's hope that with lyrics like "Gonna burn brightly for a while/and then you're gone," it's not the last.
On their 6th album, veteran indie rock brooders Interpol team up with producer Dave Fridmann for their latest offering, Marauder. As always their songs are anchored by the moody tenor of dapper lead singer and sometime surfer Paul Banks. The only thing missing from previous releases are the strong bass lines of long time collaborator Carlos Dengler.  Standout tracks are "The Rover" and "Stay in Touch."

About Us  /  Link Device  /  Account Management

Apple App Store Amazon App Store