Terrance "Think.About.That aka T.A.T." Turnage and I went to high school together; we weren't the closest of friends but we respected each other and from time to time rode the same public bus home from school. Since he was in the class above mine, I hadn't seen him since his graduation in 2007.
The power of facebook brought this collaboration to light. Don't underestimate the networking qualities of facebook, it's quite a powerful tool. Terrance approached me about a photo shoot about a week ago and up until yesterday I was brainstorming the location, the poses, the lighting, anything you can think of.
T.A.T. is making his entry into the rap game with his debut album "Think.About.That". When presented with this info, automatically I said: New York Public Library, Main Branch Building, Reading Room. Mind you I had never been there, but there have been movie scenes featuring this room. One of them being "The Day After Tomorrow".
I did some scouting a couple days prior to the shoot, I visited the library for the first time and it was absolutely breathtaking; stunning. There were not enough words to describe the architecture, paintings of the sky on the ceiling, arched windows, high ceilings, marble staircase, it is truly a GRAND structure. Perfect.
So we met up on the bus and head downtown. Take the 1 train downtown to Times Square. walk over to 5th ave and the library is right next to Bryant Park, you cant miss the building. Once we walk inside and grab a table I started off with my concept: Gather books by famous philosophers and psychologists, stack them up and have subject set his arms on top the of the books. Titles of books facing the camera. *Snap*
Third Concept: Purely for his namesake, I needed "Think.About.That" to be incorporated in some form of written word. Unfortunately we didn't have the chance to also incorporate his brand "History Class" into the photo shoot, but I'm certain that we will have something for that in the future.
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