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'''Michael Benabib''' is an American [[Portrait photography|portrait photographer]], known for his portraits of [[David Bowie]], [[Tupac Shakur]],<ref name="AntonelliFisher2017">{{cite book|author1=Paola Antonelli|author2=Michelle Millar Fisher|title=Items - Is Fashion Modern?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ue_anQAACAAJ|date=5 October 2017|publisher=Moma|isbn=978-1-63345-036-3|page=52}}</ref> [[Sean Combs]],<ref name="Tobak 2016">{{cite web | last=Tobak | first=Vikki | title=Contact High: Photographer Michael Benabib On Shooting Bad Boy's "Family" Portrait | website=Mass Appeal | date=2016-09-29 | url=http://archive.massappeal.com/contact-high-photographer-michael-benabib-on-shooting-bad-boys-family-portrait/ | access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref> and [[Keith Richards]] among others. Notable portrait photography of public figures include [[Bill Clinton]], [[Alan Dershowitz]] and [[Loretta Lynch]]. His work has appeared in publications including [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Vanity Fair|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xKM7AQAAIAAJ|date=May 1993|publisher=Condé Nast Publications|page=136}}</ref> [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Vogue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d0E-AQAAIAAJ|date=November 1997 |publisher=Condé Nast Publications|page=348}}</ref> [[GQ]], [[Rolling Stone]], [[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Vibe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=49UiAQAAMAAJ|date=January 2008|publisher=Time Publishing Ventures, Incorporated|page=28}}</ref> [[ESPN Magazine|ESPN magazine]], [[The Wall Street Journal]],<ref name="Journal 2018">{{cite web | last=Journal | first=Wall Street | title=On Working With Financial Executives | website=WSJ | date=2018-04-11 | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-working-with-financial-executives-1523458801 | access-date=2018-08-14}}</ref> [[The New York Times]],<ref name="Mitchell 2000">{{cite web | last=Mitchell | first=Elvis | title=Double Shift Times Six | website=The New York Times Web Archive | date=2000-09-17 | url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/specials/20000917mag-mitchell9.html | access-date=2018-08-14}}</ref> [[NPR]]<ref name="NPR.org 2013">{{cite web | title=First Listen: Marnie Stern, 'The Chronicles Of Marnia' | website=NPR.org | date=2013-03-03 | url=https://www.npr.org/2013/02/26/172991662/first-listen-marnie-stern-the-chronicles-of-marnia | access-date=2018-08-14}}</ref> and [[Newsweek]].<ref name="Newsweek">{{cite book|title=Newsweek|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXnuAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Newsweek, Inc.|page=56}}</ref> His work was included to photography collections on display by [[Smithsonian Institution|The Smithsonian]]<ref name="Newsdesk 2015">{{cite web | title=Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photo Collection Acquired by National Museum of African American History and Culture | website=Newsdesk | date=2015-09-16 | url=https://newsdesk.si.edu/releases/eyejammie-hip-hop-photo-collection-acquired-national-museum-african-american-history-and-cu | access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref><ref name="Washington Post 2016">{{cite news | title=See icons of hip-hop at the African American Museum | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2016-09-23 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/see-icons-of-hip-hop-at-the-african-american-museum/2016/09/23/51a7c3a4-8018-11e6-8d0c-fb6c00c90481_story.html | access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref><ref name="Gonzalez 2016">{{cite web | last=Gonzalez | first=David | title=Photographing Hip-Hop's Golden Era | website=Lens Blog | date=2016-02-25 | url=//lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/hip-hop-smithsonian-museum-photos/ | access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times 2018">{{cite web | title=From Duke Ellington to Public Enemy: Images of Hip-Hop and Its Cultural Roots | website=The New York Times | date=2018-07-26 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/lens/from-duke-ellington-to-public-enemy-images-of-hip-hop-and-its-cultural-roots.html | access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref> and [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMa]].<ref name="AntonelliFisher2017"/>

In the 1980s, Michael freelanced with [[Rush Communications|Rush Management]] and [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam Records]];<ref name="AdlerCharnas2011">{{cite book|author1=Bill Adler|author2=Dan Charnas|title=Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9fe5uk-h0KgC|year=2011|publisher=Random House Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8478-3371-9}}</ref> his photography of musicians include [[Rakim]], [[LL Cool J]], [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]], [[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]], among many others.

In 2007, [[Watson-Guptill Publications]] and [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboards Books]] published “In Ya Grill: The Faces Of Hip-Hop” the hip-hop photography of Michael Benabib and text by [[Bill Adler]].<ref>{{cite book|title=In Ya Grill: The Faces of Hip Hop|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RXHSFyyoE0sC|year=2007|publisher=Billboard Books|isbn=978-0-8230-7885-1}}</ref>

In 1995, his editorial photography assignments for magazines include [[The New York Times Magazine]], [[Newsweek]],<ref name="Newsweek"/> [[Rolling Stone]], [[Adweek]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Adweek|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IfYNAQAAMAAJ|date=November 2000|publisher=A/S/M Communications}}</ref> [[Forbes]],<ref name="Jones 2010">{{cite web | last=Jones | first=Finn-Olaf | title=Off the Beaten Track | website=Forbes | date=2010-10-22 | url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes-life-magazine/2010/1108/escapes-off-the-beaten-track-exploring-laos-by-motorcycle.html | access-date=2018-08-14}}</ref> [[ESPN The Magazine|ESPN Magazine]], and [[Bloomberg Markets|Bloomberg Markets Magazine]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Bloomberg Markets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p91aAAAAYAAJ|date=July 2004|publisher=Bloomberg, L.P.|page=92}}</ref>

In the early 2000s, his assignments include [[Forbes|Forbes Life Magazine]] and [[Fortune 500 companies]] such as [[American Express]], [[Citibank|CitiBank]] and [[Pfizer]], among others.

In 2018, The Smithsonian exhibition titled “Represent” includes his hip-hop photography of [[MC Lyte]], [[Tupac Shakur]], and [[Mary J. Blige]]. This exhibition showcases different photographs than those displayed at The Smithsonian's exhibition in 2017.<ref name="National Museum of African American History and Culture 2018">{{cite web | title=Hip-Hop Photo Collection on Display in "Represent" Exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture | website=National Museum of African American History and Culture | date=2018-05-03 | url=https://nmaahc.si.edu/about/news/hip-hop-photo-collection-display-%E2%80%9Crepresent%E2%80%9D-exhibition-smithsonian%E2%80%99s-national-museum | access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref>

In 2019, The Annenberg Space For Photography in Culver City, California hosted an exhibit entitled [[Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop|Contact High: A Visual History of Hip Hop]], based upon the contents of the book in association with the museum's 10th anniversary. The exhibit included his photography.<ref name="Billboard 2019">{{cite magazine | title='Contact High' Photography Exhibit in LA to Showcase Intimate Visual History of Hip-Hop". | magazine=Billboard | date=2019-03-20 | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8503248/contact-high-photography-exhibit-la-visual-hip-hop-history | access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref>

In 2020, [[Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop]] was exhibited at the [[International Center of Photography]] in New York as part of the inauguration of the ICP's new location at 79 Essex Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side.<ref name="YRB Mag">{{cite web | title=Event Recap: Opening Reception for the new ICP and its inaugural exhibitions. | website=YRBmag | date=2020-01-24 | url=https://yrbmag.com/event-recap-opening-reception-for-the-new-icp-and-its-inaugural-exhibitions-icphotog-tyler_mitchell_-contacthighproj/ | access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref>

== Books ==

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=RXHSFyyoE0sC In Ya Grill: The Faces of Hip Hop. The hip-hop photography of Michael Benabib]. Billboard Books. 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-8230-7885-1}}.

== References ==

===Citations===

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=== Books ===

# Bill Adler; Dan Charnas (2011). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=9fe5uk-h0KgC Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label]''. Random House Incorporated. {{ISBN|978-0-8478-3371-9}}.

# Paola Antonelli; Michelle Millar Fisher (5 October 2017). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ue_anQAACAAJ Items - Is Fashion Modern?]''. Moma. {{ISBN|978-1-63345-036-3}}.

# Tommy Hilfiger; David A. Keeps (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=gqhuAAAAMAAJ All-American: A Style Book]. Universe Pub. {{ISBN|978-0-7893-0050-8}}.

=== General References ===

# Sussex Publishers, LLC (1996-06). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tBsk4NApunIC&pg=PA70 Spy]. Sussex Publishers, LLC. pp.&nbsp;32, 33, 34, 35, 70. [[International Standard Serial Number|ISSN]] 08901759

# Elinor Lipman (2017-02-14). [https://books.google.com/books?id=eXiSCwAAQBAJ On Turpentine Lane]. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. cover photo. {{ISBN|978-0-544-80827-0}}.

# Editors of Entertainment Weekly (2015-10-06). [https://books.google.com/books?id=OyJMCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT560 The Must List: Ranking the Best in 25 Years of Pop Culture]. Liberty Street. p.&nbsp;560. {{ISBN|978-1-61893-315-7}}.

# Minya Oh; Andrea Duncan Mao (2005-08-10). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXjZAAAAMAAJ Bling Bling: Hip Hop's Crown Jewels]. Wenner Books. p.&nbsp;140. {{ISBN|978-1-932958-02-7}}.

# Cey Adams; Bill Adler (2008-10-14). DEFinition: [https://books.google.com/books?id=CWUcMvHGRZYC The Art and Design of Hip-Hop]. HarperCollins. {{ISBN|978-0-06-143885-1}}.

# [https://books.google.com/books?id=Sm8iAQAAMAAJ Black Enterprise]. E.G. Graves Publishing Company. 1999–12. p.&nbsp;124.

# Jay-Z (2010-12-07). [https://books.google.com/books?id=gyXHBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA349 Decoded (Enhanced Edition)]. Random House Publishing Group. p.&nbsp;349. {{ISBN|978-0-679-60521-8}}.

# Michael W. Small (1992). [https://archive.org/details/breakitdowninsid00smal Break it Down: The Inside Story from the New Leaders of Rap]. Carol Pub. p.&nbsp;223. {{ISBN|978-0-8065-1361-4}}.

# [https://books.google.com/books?id=x7cwAAAAYAAJ Que pasa]. D.S. Magazines, Incorporated. 1988. p.&nbsp;5.

# [https://books.google.com/books?id=F2IOAQAAMAAJ Oneworld]. New Image Media, Incorporated. 2002. p.&nbsp;34.

# Linda Saylor-Marchant (1992). [https://books.google.com/books?id=zQkklOsv9L8C Hammer: 2 Legit 2 Quit]. Dillon Press. p.&nbsp;4. {{ISBN|978-0-87518-522-4}}.

# Andre Stenson; Cloe Anderson; Dan Levine (2006-03). [https://books.google.com/books?id=727GAAAACAAJ Avant-Guide New York City: Insiders' Guide to Progressive Culture]. Empire Press. {{ISBN|978-1-891603-33-4}}.

# S. E. Cupp (2010-04-27). [https://books.google.com/books?id=uUZ232q5THYC Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media's Attack on Christianity]. Simon and Schuster. pp. cover photo. {{ISBN|978-1-4391-7645-0}}.

# Brian J. Robb (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=i_4t9tGuKDUC Brad Pitt: The Rise to Stardom]. Plexus. pp. cover photo. {{ISBN|978-0-85965-288-9}}.

# Alonzo Westbrook (2002-10-15). [https://books.google.com/books?id=xabjCmL58YUC Hip Hoptionary TM: The Dictionary of Hip Hop Terminology]. Crown/Archetype. {{ISBN|978-0-7679-0924-2}}.

# Lili Anolik (2019-01-08). [https://books.google.com/books?id=EcRWDwAAQBAJ Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A. Scribner]. pp. Author photo. {{ISBN|978-1-5011-2581-2}}.

# Ronin Ro (2009-10-13). [https://books.google.com/books?id=CXjY_z9mjYEC Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of Run-D.M.C]. and Jam Master Jay. HarperCollins. {{ISBN|978-0-06-175069-4}}.

# S. E. Cupp; Brett Joshpe (2009-12-01). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Xds_WT_FWBYC Why You're Wrong About the Right: Behind the Myths: The Surprising Truth About Conservatives]. Simon and Schuster. {{ISBN|978-1-4165-6328-0}}.

# Stephen J. Dubner (2009-10-13). [https://books.google.com/books?id=CgJbK2PGF9YC Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper. HarperCollins]. {{ISBN|978-0-06-186079-9}}.

# Lauren Groveman (2001–08). [https://books.google.com/books?id=LN4swdmg1SoC Lauren Groveman's Kitchen: Nurturing Food for Family of Friends]. Chronicle Books. pp. Author photo. {{ISBN|978-0-8118-3249-6}}.

# [https://books.google.com/books?id=L5qfAAAAMAAJ Hip-hop Connection]. Popular Publications. 2007. p.&nbsp;226.

# Anne M. Raso (1992-08-01). [https://books.google.com/books?id=IYpqPlrtAbkC Kris Kross Krazy: A Biography]. Random House. p.&nbsp;56. {{ISBN|978-0-553-56179-1}}.

# Derek Winnert (1996). [https://books.google.com/books?id=cy6pUsYeVZIC Barbra Streisand]. Random House Value Pub. p.&nbsp;4. {{ISBN|978-0-517-18450-9}}.

# [https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0HvAAAAMAAJ Television Guide]. Triangle Publications. 1991. p.&nbsp;3.

# [https://books.google.com/books?id=In87AQAAIAAJ People]. Time. 2005. p.&nbsp;80.

# Jeff Chang (2007-04-01). [https://books.google.com/books?id=LwaXZpD11ukC&pg=PA528 Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation]. St. Martin's Press. p.&nbsp;528. {{ISBN|978-1-4299-0269-4}}.

# James P. Othmer (2011-03-11). [https://books.google.com/books?id=UBKr1Ha_GXYC The Futurist]. Doubleday Canada. {{ISBN|978-0-385-67377-8}}.

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