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Joseph Labisi Director of Photography

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About Me

Cinematographer, Photographer, Turntablist, DJ, Oak and Pine Gnome Carver, Sometime Celebrated- Clio Award winning and permanantly In the N.Y.C. MOMA :), Lover of all things Hip-Hop since '82 and Bored of talking about myself...Looking to find any type of artist to collaborate on some level with-Below is a part of an article that came out in the Oct 17-23rd 2006 edition of The Hollywood Reporter. :)

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My Interests

Cinematography, Film, Lighting, Music-most of it, My Beautiful Wife, Jefe Our Cat/Child, Things that involve Chainsaws not being used properly (i.e. dismemberment), ShellToe Adidas-Rare ones preferred,leather bapes- no plastic/patten leather joints... TheLonelyIsland.com (These guys are the best), Architecture, Artists, Photography, Caravaggio, Oahu's Keana Point, Hotlanta, Vancouver, Montreal, Old Geneva, Paris (now if we could just get the french people out of there...-just kidding), Positano Italy, Venice -Italy and California, Vatican City, South Beach, Cape Town, Designer Vinyl Toys, Cameras- Still and Motion, Grafitti, BTS, B-Boys/Girls- Battles, D.J./Turntablist, Music Videos-with a concept, World WarII-gramps and uncles..., NonFiction Anything- love the documentaries, Stanley Kubrick- the god, Albert Watson-the man with the vision,...did I forget Girls (legal ones) in Catholic school uniforms-preferably in pigtails...sucking on lollipops? LOL...

I'd like to meet:

TRUST WORTHY PEOPLE- IF THIS DOESNT APPLY TO YOU STOP READING HERE:If you are trust worthy- then keep reading...An artist that the world doesn't know yet.Directors, to form a long term collaboration with...Models who would want to collaborate on a conceptual series of photos for an eventual show and maybe a book- And Anybody comfortable in front of a camera- looking for all types of people. If you are any of these-please write me- but seriously... more then anyone, I'd like to meet the as$bag that makes worms and virus' for myspace pages...

Music:

sure... love it...especially artists that I shoot for! :)...no stealing only buying it!

Movies:

Movies that inspired me in one way or another...The Shining, Lost Highway, Crash, Kill Bill 1 and 2, Shawshank Redemption, Casino, Texas Chainsaw Massacre- the original, Se7en, Fight Club, The Game, The Village, Usual Suspects, Sixth Sense, Citizen Kane, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Killing, Crash, The Departed, Jacobs Ladder, Seabiscuit, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Lock Stock..., Lolita-original, Raising Arizona, Goodfellas, Sleepers, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Gladiator, Best In Show, Spinal Tap, Trading Places, Airplane, Fearless, Empire Strikes Back, 50first Dates, Babel, Visions of Light, Cinematographer Style, StyleWars, Wildstyle, The freshest kids, Dogtown, Riding Giants, Can't Buy Me Love,Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (I said you could call me Stevezee It sounds better...lol)to be cont.OOOPS I FORGOT AN OBSCURE FRENCH NEW WAVE REFERENCE, AND A POORLY MADE INDY FILM THAT SHOWS IM STILL IN TOUCH WITH THE YOUTH... next time then...

Television:

Who needs T.V. just watch my reel...lol

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Books:

Im fucking annoyed now...ask me about it

Heroes:

Mom, My Wife, George, Grandma, My Agents (Making my career one job at a time!), Stanley KUBRICK (HE DID IT HIS WAY), Vittorio Storaro, Conrad Hall, Gordon Willis, Janusz Kaminski, Harris Savides, Vilmos Zsigmond, and especially Allen Daviau (My Mentor)Anyone Who Acheives greatness contributing to the Arts or Humanity, The people at the ASPCA who helped catch michael dick, I mean Vick, 911Firemen and Police, And Our Soldiers risking their lives for someone elses -Wrong- reasons...Will Add More Later...

My Blog

When did functional illiteracy become the trend?

Im sorry, Maybe Im getting old, BUT, I really don't understand how being illiterate became fashionable...I'm guilty of the lazy texting trends of LOL and U and L8R etc... but thats just because my tim...
Posted by Joseph Labisi Director of Photography on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:42:00 PST

WHY YOU SHOULDNT CRITIQUE PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD AND ESPECIALLY ONLINE

By dissing other peoples work online- you put an opinion out there for everyone to see. Valid or Not The problem with that is?The people who may be seeing it DON'T know if- your a student with no rea...
Posted by Joseph Labisi Director of Photography on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:13:00 PST

Been Busy, havent been ignoring you...

Just wanted to let all the people who want to intern or model for me that I havent been ignoring you, I’ve just been swamped- March in particular. I’ve Been shooting alot, Recently I&rsquo...
Posted by Joseph Labisi Director of Photography on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:58:00 PST

2 of the top 50 Country videos of 2007...

The GAC's (Great American Country) top 50 videos of 2007 are in:Thanks to Director Trey Fanjoy for letting me be a part of two of the videos in the countdown- Trey's a great collaborator and a great f...
Posted by Joseph Labisi Director of Photography on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:12:00 PST

Zach Merck and the Dream Team Do it again!

So even though I only did one metal video last year (Demon Hunter), and on a shoestring budget, and with no prep or scout AT ALL... Director Zach Merck and I (as well as the 3rd member of the "dream t...
Posted by Joseph Labisi Director of Photography on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:59:00 PST

7 OF THE TOP 100 VIDEOS FOR 2008 ON BET :D

BET'S OFFICIAL TOP 1007 OUT OF 100 ISN'T BAD :DWell, even though I worked more heavily in the feature/commercial world this year- I still was lucky enough to shoot 7 of the top 100 videos of 2008 on B...
Posted by Joseph Labisi Director of Photography on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:07:00 PST

Read this if you wanna be "friends"...

Sorry to start 2008 with this posting, but Im tired of Spam and Scam...Listen, If your profile is private, and I dont know you, DONT ADD request me without contacting me first.If your under 18 and hav...
Posted by Joseph Labisi Director of Photography on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:34:00 PST

2007 RECAP!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I had an amazing year! Personally and Professionally it was stellar! Personally-It was an AMAZING and interesting year...Friend wise-Old "friends" I was forced to end some very long friendships ...
Posted by Joseph Labisi Director of Photography on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:43:00 PST

Thanks to everyone who's sent me mail/comments...

I just wanted to take a minute to Thank Everyone who's been reaching out to tell me how much they appreciate, are inspired by, or congratulate me on- my cinematography and photography work. Thanks for...
Posted by Joseph Labisi Director of Photography on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:52:00 PST

Well, THEY WERE WARNED...

Check Out our first contestant to not be able to read a headline-http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=use r.viewprofile&friendid=202965841This one sent me "ADD ME SEXY ASS"O.K.- I have probl...
Posted by Joseph Labisi Director of Photography on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:28:00 PST