PROFILE
Born in 1973 . A Los Angeles-based filmmaker and photographer, he turned to photography after working as a professional skater in the mid-90s, and became a full-fledged filmmaker and photographer in 2000. He has worked on numerous skate videos, advertisements, and music videos, and in 2018, his first career photo book "Ninety-Six Dreams, Two Thousand Memories" was published by the American publishing house PARADIGM and sold out immediately. A Japanese edition is scheduled to be published by the Jimbocho publishing house "SUPER LABO" on November 25.
A personal, real face that is not usually shown.
. First of all, could you tell us about your book "Ninety-six Dereams, Two Thousand Memories"?
Greg Hunt ("Greg"): The book contains many photos, mainly of my best friend Jason Dill, but also portraits of friends, newspapers from the hotel, scans of past archives, and more. In a word, it is a collection of my life to date.
Greg's documentary is a documentary about himself, through others and objects.
Greg: Exactly . There are a lot of photos, especially of Jason, and the oldest one I have is from 1997. Other than that, I think you can get a glimpse of where he lived in the past and what was going on around him at the time. It contains his personal side that he usually doesn't show, and in other words, it is a documentary of myself that was born out of our relationship.
One of the earliest photos of Jason Dill taken by Greg , taken in 1997.
In conjunction with the release of the photo book, various clothing items will be released from "BEAMS T" along with the solo exhibition. Long sleeve T-shirts ¥6,800+TAX each
The book that will be released by Jimbocho publisher "SuperLab" is the Japanese edition of a photography book published in 2018 by Paradigm in the U.S., isn't it? What are the differences between the two books?
Greg: The Japanese edition was re-edited and made as a special edition. As a photographer, I have always respected the culture of Japanese photo books, and Jason has a strong attachment to Japan, so we decided to make it special. Jason and I agreed that we didn't want to make a book that was the same as the original, so we changed the cover and the contents to make it a stronger book with more content than the original.
A shot of Joey "Coco" Deas, a well-known actor and comedian.
