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Ricky Powell

Photographer RICKY POWELL in New York photo by Ithaka Darin Pappas (cropped).jpg

Ricky Powell (November 20, 1961 – February 1, 2021) was an American photographer. He was known for his works with the Beastie Boys. His pictures were seen in The New York Times, the New York Post, the Daily News, The Village Voice, TIME, Newsweek, VIBE, The Source and Rolling Stone.[1] He was born in New York City.

Powell died on February 1, 2021 from heart failure in New York City, aged 59.[2]

Ricky Powell Media

  • Rickypowell blog.jpg

    Powell captured the classic Run DMC photograph in Paris 1986

  • Powell (center) with two of the three Beastie Boys, MCA (left) and Mike D (right)

  • Powell and paparazzo Ron Galella in 2010

References

  1. ↑ "Beastie Boys". Rolling Stone. September 2011. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/beastie-boys. Retrieved September 7, 2011. 
  2. ↑ Iconic NYC hip-hop photographer Ricky Powell dead at 59
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