Finally, we are here. Exactly one month to the day since I left for South By Southwest I am done. This is my last gallery from SXSW 2009 and we end with a bang. Kanye West.

There were all sorts of rumors about Kanye playing the Fader Fort on the last day of SXSW. A few hours before he went on I got confirmation that he was playing. Unfortunately my girl Heidi’s band Trash Yourself was playing across town at the same time and fuck if I was going to miss them. So I blew off Kanye and went to see Trash Yourself. I am glad I did, cause I like TY so much that I got them to come to New York for a few shows next week. Get excited.

Anyway, I completely lucked out and Kanye showed up at the Perez party as a special guest replacement for Lady Sov. I was standing right there when he walked in and I completely blew the shot. I hung around him trying to get a shot until his bouncer threatened me. I have now had the pleasure to be physically threatened by both Kanye West and Paris Hilton’s body guards… Go me. He just hung out by the stage for a few sets and then he finally went on. People went fucking insane. It was really cool to see him, and I got some good shots before the smoke machines kicked in and fucked up my shots. I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I wasn’t so damn tired, and he went a bit easier on the autotuning. If I want to hear a robot sing I will go see Daft Punk. I watched most of his set from the back because I was too tired to deal with a crowd, but it was still a great fucking show and a good way to end my SXSW. I can’t wait for next year.

Check out all my Kanye West shots here.

PS. I have to thank the bloggers at Kanye’s blog because they linked the Mishka lookbook I shot. I am sure someone over there will see these so yeah, thanks.

Comments (1)