Part One
Part Two
Armen Djerrahian is a photographer, director and creative director. In this two part conversation, Armen and Amon talk about bodyboarding, BMX, graffiti, B-Boy, Ska, Armenian Genocide and the thought process of capturing iconic photography.
If you’re a budding photographer then you should listen to these episodes twice.
About Armen Djerrahian
Armen was born and raised in Paris where his passion for films and photography began while he was involved in BMX. Already involved in other urban forms of expressions: break dancing, graffiti and music, Armen took upon himself to religiously document the uprising of this new culture. He built a solid reputation in the music and publishing world as one of the very best photographer of his discipline. Eager to find new perspectives and new means of expression, Armen naturally evolved into a talented director and started to work with up and coming and acclaimed artists of the French music industry.
Looking for new challenges, Armen moved to the US and now works in NYC as photographer and video director. Since his arrival in NYC, Armen was able to create memorable work and showed that his creativity has no boundaries, whether it’s shooting a Vibe magazine cover with Usher or writing and directing a series of beautiful short films for Van Cleef & Arpels and ELLE. His most recent work fortunately attractedsome of the world’s shiniest industry accolades and a nomination for the BET Awards for “Best Video Of the Year”.
![JAY Z](https://www.newyorksaid.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/03-JAY-Z.jpg)
Show Notes
- Bodyboarding
- Urban Sports
- BMX
- Rockaway, Queens
- South of France Places to Visit
- Best of Bodyboarding in France by XTreme Video
- Surfers Only in Rockaway
- APB Tour– Bodyboarding Association
- Mike Stewart Bodyboarding Pro
- Mike Stewart Inc.
- Morey Boogie
- Why do they call bodyboarding boogie boarding?
- Body surfing, what is that?
- Snot Nose Surf IG @snotnosesurf
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- E.T. Trailer
- Motocross Action Magazine
- Mongoose Bike
- Schwinn Bike
- Shawarma Japanese Bike
- BMX Bandits Movie
- BMX Bandits Movie on YouTube
- Did you know that BMX Bandits is Nicole Kidman first feature film?
- DEMO
![Eminem](https://www.newyorksaid.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/32999683db75e66399960febe6b87b46.jpg)
- Graffiti
- Tagging
- B-Boy
- Hip Hop
- Graffiti Writer
- European Graffiti Culture
- BBC Crew
- Grimm Team Images
- Graffiti Styles You Need to Know by Widewalls
- Breakdancing Tipped to Feature at the Paris Olympics in 2024 by David Meyer for Fortune Magazine
- Trocadéro
- B-Boys practicing at the Trocadero in Paris Youtube Video
- Crazy Legs in battle Youtube Video
- Gloria Gaynor I will Survive
- Donna Summers Last Dance
- The Supremes You Can’t Hurry Love
- Eartha Kitt
- Funk Music Genre
- George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic – We Want The Funk – Live In Toronto – 07/19/09
- Disco Music Genre
- Best Soul Music of the 70’s ♥♥♥♥ The 100 Greatest Soul Songs of the 70s
- Salsa Music Genre
- Celia Cruz – La Vida Es Un Carnaval – YouTube
- Rock and Roll Music
- Reggae Music
- A Brief History of Reggae Music: First Jamaica, Then the World
- Bob Marley
- The Police
- Vespa
![Chain Gang - The Wild Magazine](https://www.newyorksaid.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ChainGang-4.jpg)
- A brief summary of Jamaican music by Piero Scaruffi
- What is Ska?
- Skatalites
- Rockabilly Music
- Rockabillys Rebels
- Confederate Flag
- Armenian Genocide
- Armenia
- Hip Hop saved me
- You are human before anything else
- Racism
- My name is…
- Charles Aznavour (Artist)
- We get it in
- Black Panthers in France 1980 (Images)
- Futura (Graffiti Artist)
- Afrika Bambaataa
- Les Bains (Night Club)
- Les Bains, a Legendary Parisian Nightclub, Brought Back to Life By Christine Ajudua
- Mr. Freeze
- Rock Steady Crew
- Russian Dance
- Flashdance (film)
- New York City Rap Tour 1982
- How a Few Visionaries Brought Underground Black Music to the Masses by mauludSADIQ in Medium
- Breakin‘ (film)
- Breakdance The Movie AKA Breakin – First Battle with Electro Rock
- Electric Boogie
- Beat Street (film)
- Sunrise Multiplex Cinemas
- VCR
- Cazel & Crazy Legs Pic
- How do you know when you got the shot?
- Old School French B-Boys
![Crazy Legs](https://www.newyorksaid.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CRAZY_LEGS_RSC_3.jpg)
- Changing the image of the brand
- The Cazal Job Campaign
- Lordz of Brooklyn
- Dameion Rhythm Child Williams 2013 Cazal Campaign
- Jamel Shabazz New York Said Episode
- He is a Living Legend
- “I lived that era” – Armen Djerrahian
- Armen Djerrahian is Doing the CAZAL Job
- Following up on the work, I took from 1985 up
- Ghettoblaster Sharp GF-777
- Its the little details
- G-Unit Shoot
- 50 Cent and Ja Rule: A beef history
- Will 50 Cent Get In Trouble With the U.S. Secret Service For Using “Fake” Cash? by EriqGardner in The Hollywood Reporter
- G-Unit Photoshoot 50 Cent and Malcolm X and KRS One
- Criminal Minded
- US Embassy in Paris
- Bragging about guns
- Enimen Story
- Eminem – Just Don’t Give A F*** (Official Music Video)
- Paul Rosenberg (music manager)
- Holiday Inn in Paris
- Marc Labelle, Eminem’s tour manager
- Vikki Tobak New York Said Episode
- Contact High: A VISUAL HISTORY OF HIP-HOP By VIKKI TOBAK
- Jay Z photo by Armen in Contact High
- Part 2 Coming soon…
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