Maximum Distance. Minimum Displacement.: Jay — Archival Photo

Jay-Z grew up in Marcy Houses and built an empire that spans every continent. Maximum Distance. Minimum Displacement.: Jay calculates the physics of that arc — maximum distance traveled across his full discography, minimum displacement from where he started — and renders it as a long-exposure light drawing printed at gallery scale.

Part of the MDMD series: archival fine art photography built on data visualization, applied to the careers of artists who shaped hip-hop's geography. Edition of 5. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and ships rolled in a wide archival tube.

Edition of 5. Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Ships rolled in a wide archival tube.

A work by Tahir Hemphill — Creative Capital Grantee, Harvard W.E.B. Du Bois Institute Fellow, and artist whose work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art.