#heroesaregangleaders

[beblk]

Lisbon, Portugal

me & big bruh Randall Horton

[marcia-e-wilson]

March 28th, I had the wonderful opportunity of photographing the group "Heroes Are Gang Leaders" as they rehearsed and performed at the 2015 National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) Biannual Symposium at Medgar Evers College.

Poet Thomas Sayers Ellis, and his collaborator saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, formed the group, named after one of Amiri Baraka's (www.amiribaraka.com) stories, to honor Baraka's legacy by carrying the torch to "...resurrect the matrimony of Black Literary Art and Music as medicine, battle-cry, dirge, and the struggle for pleasure....".  A formation that would've pleased Baraka's heart.

If you are in the DC area on Sunday, April 12th  you should check them out.  They will be performing at Howard University.

To see more images from my shoot with HAGL checkout http://widevision.zenfolio.com/p305397044

Photo’s - Marcia Wilson 2015

[everydaywidevision-blog]

March 28th, I had the wonderful opportunity of photographing the group "Heroes Are Gang Leaders" as they rehearsed and performed at the 2015 National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) Biannual Symposium at Medgar Evers College.

Poet Thomas Sayers Ellis, and his collaborator saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, formed the group, named after one of Amiri Baraka's (www.amiribaraka.com) stories, to honor Baraka's legacy by carrying the torch to "...resurrect the matrimony of Black Literary Art and Music as medicine, battle-cry, dirge, and the struggle for pleasure....". A formation that would've pleased Baraka's heart.

If you are in the DC area on Sunday, April 12th you should check them out. They will be performing at Howard University.

To see more images from my shoot with HAGL checkout http://widevision.zenfolio.com/p305397044

Photo’s - Marcia Wilson 2015