Verizon - Jonathan Mannion: Hip-Hop In Frame

Jonathan Mannion is one of New York’s essential hip hop photographers. Since he started shooting in the 1990s—after working alongside Richard Avedon—he made his mark with Jay-Z’s first album cover for Reasonable Doubt. You could leaf through images of this photographer’s work and feel as though you’re going through a kind of hip-hop museum.

Today he has not only immortalized 7 more Jay-Z album covers, but the likes of DMX, Outkast, Nas, Eminem, Lauryn Hill, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Aaliyah, and countless more.