The visuals are amazing and it really inspires me to see them. I enjoy record stores and looking at album covers. I used a Canon A1 and Canon Mark III for this shoot. Cole liked the fact that it was so spontaneous, but as a photographer that can sometimes be difficult to embrace because shoots can take a lot of planning and foresight. I love black and white it’s cool that Cole picked the same aesthetic. How would you define your photography style? With some of the images I capture, they’re not perfect but they make you feel some type of way. We live in a world where everyone’s trying to be perfect, a society where we try to perfect everything. Its imperfections give it this authenticity. There’s something special about the imperfections of an old image. I'm amazed by the vintage trend of connecting the past with the present. How would you say your upbringing and experiences influenced your visual approach? You speak a lot about imperfection and how that’s a beautiful thing. He’d be like, “You’re the photographer, what are your ideas” so it made for this very creative environment with room for being spontaneous. He loves to create and he's not big-headed. Right before that kid walked up, all these people were taking photos and snapchatting and the moment he walked up, it was a perfect example of innocence.Ĭole has a cool personality and he's very hands-on. And sometimes the only person who can feel that is a kid. I liked the whole experience and the way the kid wasn’t starstruck by him. That was so authentic and his face really shows it. To him he was just a regular person walking down the street and he didn’t really understand why people were getting so excited to see him. I shot the image that was eventually selected for the cover from that kid's perspective. One night we were on the bus at 4am and he sat next to me and we went through photos and he just loved it. Like “let’s walk down the street and see what happens.” Right from our first conversation, he didn’t want anything too set-up. Lazer showed Cole some of Supreme’s work and the rest as they say is…Ĭole really wanted an organic experience and just let life react to him. There, Supreme hustled and jumped on film and photography sets wherever he could before catching the attention of director Scott Lazer, who helmed J. He sold his car, bought a Campervan and motivated harder than ever before, driving across America to Los Angeles. He enlisted in the military and served for six years before uprooting his life in Monroe, North Carolina to pursue a film and photography career. Supreme did what he could to cope and decided to simplify his life. Several years ago, his mother passed away following a decade-long illness. Supreme realized that “People aren’t just affected by things sonically with music, they’re affected visually too.”Īnthony Supreme, born Anthony Thompson, came to realize his passion for photography partially through loss.
J COLE ALBUM COVER SERIES
The whole experience was very in-the-moment.ĭespite being all about that analog life, Supreme shot the series on digital and rendered the artwork to recall a torn negative strip or found street photography. The cover shot, taken during a walk through an Atlanta neighborhood, shows Cole's back, leaving the viewer to focus on a young boy looking up at Cole. Starting in Raleigh, North Carolina the team moved through Fayetteville, then down to Atlanta and Baton Rouge. Supreme joined Cole on a two-week journey through the South, documenting Cole’s writing sessions and spontaneous outings. Each image is meant to look slightly haphazard. Supreme and Cole, both North Carolina natives, collaborated to bring that vision to life, discussing ideas of chance, tonality, and spontaneity that 35mm, black and white aesthetics could bring to the table. Like the vinyl versus digital debate, both agreed imperfection, elements of surprise and even dustry, out-of-focus images would add character and depth to Cole’s visual vocabulary. As the visionary behind the cover art of J.Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only, Supreme understood the importance of very specific visuals to the musician. Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only album artwork.Ītlanta, Fayetteville, and Baton Rouge 2016įor photographer Anthony Supreme, imperfection is perfect. We caught up with photographer Anthony Supreme to take us through the analog vision for J.
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