For many years, Lauren Dukoff has photographed close friend and musician Devendra Banhart and an extended, loose-knit international family of artists who share inspiration variously from folk, Tropicalia, and each other, as well as a range of other musical influences.
The collection of portraits and candid images from Dukoff’s forthcoming book Family (to be released by Chronicle Books Summer 2009) includes Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Entrance, Bat for Lashes, Cibelle, Vetiver, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Little Joy, and many others individually and together, in performance and more private spaces.
Complementing the photographs will be artwork by musicians Banhart, Matteah Baim, Jon Beasley (of Hecuba), Adam Tullie and more.
Short Bio
Lauren Dukoff has photographed Mary J. Blige, Beck, Kim Gordon, TVon the Radio, Neil Young, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and many others. Her work has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers, including Rolling Stone, Spin, Nylon, Elle, Lula, Dazed and Confused, Uncut, and The Guardian. In 2008, Dukoff exhibited her work at the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in collaboration with a performance by Devendra Banhart’s and Gregory Rogove’s project, Megapuss. She lives in L.A.