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Published on November 5th, 2018 | by Dr. Jerry Doby

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Author Vikki Tobak Discusses Her New Tome CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip Hop

Back Story: Vikki Tobak is the author of CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip Hop. Tobak is a journalist whose writing has appeared in The Fader, Complex, Mass Appeal, Paper, i-D, the Detroit News, Vibe, and many others. She is a former producer and columnist for CBS MarketWatch, CNN, Bloomberg News, TechTV, and other leading media organizations. Vikki is also the founding curator of FotoDC’s film program and served as the art commissioner/curator for the Palo Alto Public Art Commission in Silicon Valley. She has lectured about music photography at American University, VOLTA New York, Photoville, the Library of Congress, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

Celebrating the photographers who have played a critical role in bringing hip-hop’s visual culture to the global stage, CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop is an inside look at the work of hip-hop photographers, as told through their most intimate diaries: their unedited contact sheets.

CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop (Clarkson Potter | $40 | went on sale October 16) by Vikki Tobak and with a foreword by Questlove features rare outtakes from over 100 photo shoots alongside interviews and essays from industry legends, this book takes us on a chronological journey from old-school to alternative hip-hop, and from analog to digital photography.

In April 2019, CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop opens as an exhibition in Los Angeles’ Annenberg Space for Photography (2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067). Plan your visit here

The Hype Magazine got Vikki Tobak on the line to discuss the book, her journey and creating it as well as how she came to gain the trust of not only the artists and labels, but the photographers assigned to capture these invaluable photos documenting Hip Hop from start to present era! Tune In…

Vikki Tobak

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Editor-in-Chief of The Hype Magazine, Media and SEO Consultant, Journalist, Ph.D. and retired combat vet. 2023 recipient of The President's Lifetime Achievement Award. Partner at THM Media Group. Member of the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, the United States Press Agency and ForbesBLK.


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