BOOGIE
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BOOGIE
wordsby chris glancy photosby boogie
I was first exposed to Boogie’s work when I started shooting for Mass Appeal magazine around the time Alife was serving as art director. His haunting images of life inside and around New York City’s low-income housing projects were so heavy and in your face with images of drugs and violence. They seemed like images only an insider could capture. His work became even more intense when I found out he was not only a white dude, but a foreigner. Born in Belgrade, Serbia in 1969, Boogie immigrated to the U.S. in 1998 with a degree in Electronics and Microprocessors after receiving a green card through the lottery. The ability to truly gain the trust of your subject and capture intimate moments seems effortless for Boogie. He documents various cultures from gypsies in the Balkans, gangs in NYC’s projects, and skinheads in Eastern Europe as if he is one of them…
