by:
Adi Renaldi
A photographer perhaps not just an artist who plays
with lens or colors, but also can be considered as a messenger that has
something to say about a culture or something that happened with passion and
love. Thus, a photographer may speak through the lens to state his/her point of
view toward everything around and for the love of something that he/she
believes.
Began his career in the late 80s, Estevan Oriol
became a tour manager for Uber-Hip-Hop group House of Pain and built his
connection with the Cypress Hill - another LA-based hiphop superstar group –
that a decade later will create Soul Assassins (a production house which is
supported by various artists and musicians) with Oriol as one of the
masterminds. During his tour with the group, he invoked his unique and
outrageous style to capture the experiences and then started taking pictures of
his crew/homies and the lowrider culture in LA that influenced him a lot.
