Walking through an exhibition of Andre Smith’s photographs is like flipping through a magazine.
We’re talking about the golden era of the glossy (which Hour Detroit is still part of!), where celebrities posed like glamorous statues on the red carpet. The Detroit photographer’s focus was often on the world of R&B and hip-hop, which Smith was there to document the rise of for everyone from Ebony Magazine to the Detroit News.
For his latest exhibition, Hip Hop Evolution: Aaliyah Homecoming Celebration Exhibit, he’s turned his lens on one of Detroit’s talents that left us way too soon…