A poster by Blood of the Young, a Brooklyn/Toronto zine collective, features Tupac’s face with the words “Have you seen him?” arranged aggressively below. It’s a haunting assertion when you consider it in reference to the rapper, but also rings strangely true with the collective’s director, Dimitri Karakostas. He seems to exist everywhere and nowhere at all, a classic “busy man”; he’s the Online Photo Editor at Vice, project manages at Art Money Gallery and has collaborated with a number of major media proprietors like MTV and Urban Outfitters. But where is he? Chained to his studio desk? Why do we only ever see his bleached-blonde mug for a second at openings and then he’s gone?
It would seem that Karakostas lives his life through his photo work. Chock full of intimate moments with repeat friends and lovers, his work reveals him as a classic graffiti writer, living in the moment. Want to find him? He’s on the curb or in the alleyway, always with a camera in one hand, a paint can in the other, surrounded by the world’s pretty people
1. Why do you take photos? Force of habit or because I’m not particularly good at anything else, anything useful.
2. Do you carry your camera with you everywhere you go? For the past ten years. Usually a half-broken Stylus and my F5.
3. What celebrity would you like to shoot most? Morrissey on a drab day / Daniel Day Lewis hunting or chopping wood or something.
4. What animal would you like to be, if not a human? I’d be a stray cat- hell, I am a stray cat.
5. What is your favorite smell?
Sonia D’Argenzio
6. Would you like to live forever?
No, trying to get dead before I get old and shitty.
Shoot the Breeze: Dimitri Karakostas
By Jessica Carroll
A poster by Blood of the Young, a Brooklyn/Toronto zine collective, features Tupac’s face with the words “Have you seen him?” arranged aggressively below. It’s a haunting assertion when you consider it in reference to the rapper, but also rings strangely true with the collective’s director, Dimitri Karakostas. He seems to exist everywhere and nowhere at all, a classic “busy man”; he’s the Online Photo Editor at Vice, project manages at Art Money Gallery and has collaborated with a number of major media proprietors like MTV and Urban Outfitters. But where is he? Chained to his studio desk? Why do we only ever see his bleached-blonde mug for a second at openings and then he’s gone?
It would seem that Karakostas lives his life through his photo work. Chock full of intimate moments with repeat friends and lovers, his work reveals him as a classic graffiti writer, living in the moment. Want to find him? He’s on the curb or in the alleyway, always with a camera in one hand, a paint can in the other, surrounded by the world’s pretty people
1. Why do you take photos?
Force of habit or because I’m not particularly good at anything else, anything useful.
2. Do you carry your camera with you everywhere you go?
For the past ten years. Usually a half-broken Stylus and my F5.
3. What celebrity would you like to shoot most?
Morrissey on a drab day / Daniel Day Lewis hunting or chopping wood or something.
4. What animal would you like to be, if not a human?
I’d be a stray cat- hell, I am a stray cat.
5. What is your favorite smell?
Sonia D’Argenzio
6. Would you like to live forever?
No, trying to get dead before I get old and shitty.
7. What do you think is the best photo you have ever taken to date?
I don’t know about best, but there are a few I wind-up using a lot: http://i1204.photobucket.com/
8. What’s your favorite pastime?
Read / Walk / Skate / Clean (apparently)
9. Do you like having your photo taken?
Maybe a bit, now that i’m a blonde.
10. Who are your favorite photographers, currently?
Ari, Dash, Sutherland, all my friends.