Shawn Mortensen's New Book

Shawn Mortensen has a great new book out. You may recognize a lot of his photographs.

Over the last fifteen years, Shawn Mortensen has photographed cutting-edge culture-makers while also revealing the gritty reality of urban street life and the world's political climate. Truly with his finger on the pulse, Mortensen took photographs of the "in crowd" before they were the in crowd. His subjects range from celebrities such as Gwen Stefani, Marcello Mastroianni, and Tupac Shakur to contemporary artists like Raymond Pettibon, Brice Marden, and Francesco Clemente. Yet these portraits are juxtaposed with haunting photo essays on the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico; the ghettos of Jamaica; and the landscape of Mongolia—often with startling results.

We have really enjoyed some of his cool work and its worth taking a look at his site when you get some time.