Biggie Smalls Autopsy Photos4/14/2021
He stands next to his Bad Boy labelmate, the late Notorious B.I.G., who wears a navy blue Kangol hat, printed short-sleeve collared shirt, and blue jeans.Two of the bullets were found on the gurney that transported Wallace to the hospital.
Another bullet was discovered at the hospital when the body was turned over after doctors had pronounced him dead. A toxicology test revealed Wallace had no traces of drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of his death. Unfortunately, his life and career was cut short when he was shot four times while riding in a vehicle. The photos above were taken at the after party Biggie attended with Sean Combs (aka Puff Daddy) prior to his death. It was a fascination with photography that would go on to become a career that has featured in New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Interview and many more. However, his icon status is assured thanks to one image he took on March 6, 1997. Three days later Smalls would be dead, catapulting Claibornes image into pop culture history in the process. And if its a good memory, it remains a good memory because nothing can really change it. Where the final images from the shoot are concerned, how much of what made the cut was due to intense planning and how much of it was as a result of spontaneity Originally, just one image was planned. I kind of know exactly what I want before I do it most of the time and just getting it is the thing. I like Biggie. I mean, he didnt talk a lot but he was this playful, big dude. I liked him. I didnt know him that well, but I still think that he was one of the best rappers ever. And he was very charismatic, which counts more than anything, really. He was her only son so its not like Im going to question her about it too much. But you know, I heard she feels a little differently now, so thats good. How do you think this image would have impacted culture if he hadnt died so young I dont think if Biggie was still alive Im not sure it would have impacted as much as it has now. If hed lived there would be hundreds and hundreds of other images after that one. Im pretty sure dying young has a lot to do with certain images in our culture. Why do you think its important that stories like those in Vikki Tobaks book Contact High: A Visual History of Hip Hop (in which your work features) continue to be part of our present narrative I think Vikkis book is important because its history its just a capsule of a certain history. If its important enough for someone to make a book or a film or a play about something, then it captivated them and they felt strongly enough about it to bring it to the attention of others, many of who know it exists and others who may not have. Youre just inspiring people and its best to do it any way you can. I think photographys odd because everyones a photographer everybody has a camera phone at this point, but I still think the best of the images will always rise to the top. I also think that we live in a culture just inundated by so many images, so much imagery that it does sort of take away from their uniqueness and specialness. I think sometimes you have too much of something, you dont appreciate it as much and you do a lot less with it because you have too much.
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