HELLO MY NAME IS IBN-ABDUL WATKINS BUT I PREFER THE NAME ZACK I’M A 20 YEAR OLD EDITORIAL FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER FROM PHILADELPHIA WELCOME TO MY WORLD/PORTFOLIO. I LOVE TO MIX GRAPHIC DESIGN ARTWORK INTO MY PIECES MY FAVORITE THING TO DO IS TO TAKE A NORMAL PHOTO AND TWIST IT INTO SOMETHING DRAMATIC & WHIMSICAL SOMETHING FROM THIS DAY AND AGE BUT GIVE YOU THAT NOSTALGIA FEELING OF READING A REALLY GOOD GRAPHIC NOVEL YOU PICKED UP BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT IT HAD A COOL COVER WITH SUPER SICK ART BUT THE STORY IS WHAT REALLY TAKES YOU AWAY. INSPIRATION: I TAKE A LOT OF INSPIRATION FROM OLD JAPANESE ADS & CAMPAIGNS BUT DEFINITELY CARTOONS I SPENT A VAST MAJORITY OF MY LIFE WATCHING CARTOONS AND EVEN TILL THIS DAY. THEY ALWAYS GAVE ME THAT ROPE THAT PULLS MY IMAGINATION OUT AND LETS ME BE AS FREE AND WILD AS ANY KID CAN BE. I ALSO GREW UP IN THE MID 2000’S - 2010’S I DO TEND TO GET A LOT OF INSPIRATION FROM PHOTOGRAPHERS AND FASHION ICONS FROM THAT TIME. I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR TRADITIONAL EDITORIAL & PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M APART OF THE FUTURE AND LIKE ALL THE ARTIST I LOOK UP(Davide Sorrenti,Harmony Korine,Hiroyuki Imaishi, David choe,& Genndy Tartakovsky) TO I HAVE TO GO AGAINST THE STATUS QUO OF WHAT MAKES A "GOOD" EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHER MY ART IS LOUD AND IN YOUR FACE AND I LOVE THAT FOR ME & I CAN ONLY HOPE THE NEXT PERSON WHO VIEWS IT LOVES IT JUST AS MUCH.