Respect the Shooter: Mel D. Cole

“Jesse Boykins III” (NYC 2011)

I have been photographing (singer) Jesse for some time now, mostly at his shows.. I was happy when he hit me up to shoot his single cover at an art gallery in downtown NYC. Our inspiration was a photo of Marcel Duchamp playing chess with a nude model. I forget who the photog is who originally took it. We put an Afrocentric twist on it to match up with Jesse’s style. It is currently one of my favorite photos.