News | Patta x Dana Lixenberg | SS16 T-shirts
Patta link up with Dutch-born photographer Dana Lixenberg for a second t-shirt range, dropping Spring/Summer ’16.
The critically acclaimed photographer is well known for her honest portrayals of people from all walks of life, focusing on individuals and marginalised communities whilst gaining international recognition through work for publications including New York Times Magazine and Rolling Stone.
Alongside her commercial work, several of Dana’s portraits of important cultural figures have become iconic over the years – and it was two of these snaps, of rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur, respectively, that she and Patta used in their first range together.
This time around, Patta pay further homage to their hip-hop roots with a classic Lixenberg shot of groundbreaking rap collective A Tribe Called Quest. Somewhat less predictably, the second tee features infamous polymath, social critic, political activist and “father of modern linguistics” Noam Chomsky.
Coinciding with this release, Lixenberg is displaying an exhibition at Amsterdam’s Huis Marseille Museum for Photography. Imperial Courts, 1993-2015 is the core project of the photographers’ life, made over 22 years in the Imperial Courts neighbourhood of Los Angeles. Photographs, videos and audio works offer the visitor an intimate look into the troubled area and the lives of it’s residents. See here for more information.
Patta & Dana Lixenberg’s limited edition, hand-numbered T-shirts drop Friday, 15th January both in-store and online.
