Maximum Distance. Minimum Displacement.: Jean Grae — Archival Photo

Jean Grae was born in Cape Town, came up in New York, and built one of the most critically respected catalogs in underground hip-hop. Maximum Distance. Minimum Displacement.: Jean Grae calculates the physics of that trajectory — and renders it as a long-exposure light drawing printed at gallery scale.

Part of the MDMD series, which uses data visualization to turn hip-hop biography into fine art photography. Archival print, edition of 5. For collectors of photography, hip-hop art, or work that takes underground artists as seriously as the mainstream. 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.