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When you look at a photo, it can transport you to the time and place the photo was taken, bringing back memories of those moments meaningful enough to capture with a lens. Music is the same way; the right song can remind you other times you heard it, of eras of your own life when that song meant everything to you.

The similarity between these art forms is the crux of my conversation with Sam Conant, the photographer better known as Cones. He has shot some of hip-hop’s hottest artists, from ASAP Rocky and Metro Boomin to Lil Uzi Vert and Trippie Redd. The Philly native got his start in 2014 crashing and hanging out after shows with his camera, and has since become a sought-after commercial shooter, working with recognizable brands like Nike, Spotify, and Universal Music Group

 

Like another photographer I previously interviewed, Sagan Lockhart, Cones was there at the beginning of some of the brightest burning rap careers, capturing Uzi, Post Malone, Lil Tecca, and more well before they were performing in arenas, and he’s grown along with them. This Friday, November 8, Cones’ second photo book, Happy To Be Here, hits stores, documenting this rise, from his earliest experiences sneaking in to shoot his favorite artists to becoming one of their most trusted photographers. New Yorkers can check out the book in person at Cones’ first-ever photo gallery from Friday, November 8th through Sunday, November 10th inside