I was invited to a private and very intimate nike sportswear dinner at 21 Mercer for the release of the air max 1. There were 15 guests in total, all local influencers and athletes. it was great to meet some new faces. in the middle of dinner, paul from nike asked us all to go around and introduce ourselves.


paul and lindsay from nike


they fed us well. tons of finger foods to start like mini tacos, steak, shrimp, followed by a three course meal. i started with the scallops followed by rib eye steak over mashed potatoe’s followed by strawberry shortcake.






Photographer Jared Ryder invited me up to take some portraits for a series he is working on. i am floating in the air.





my friends styled me in some clothes they had for a shoot.




an event at the new museum for the closing of The Generational: Younger than Jesus. my extended family, adi, angela and gabi of threeASFOUR



my dude max showing me a blowup of michael jackson skateboarding


ok i cheated because this isn’t from my blackberry. it’s a polaroid shot by jesse hudnutt and daria radlinski for the Opening Ceremony blog from the event.



gay parade fire works.


good cookies

“This hotel is BOSSANOVAAAA”

No Jumpman. Those who know, know. I love my beatup Jordan 3’s. They r worn to death and quite dirty.When they first dropped the retros I was in my local mall, footaction and thought they were hideous so I didn’t cop. 1 yr later I became a "sneaker head"., originally uploaded by heronpreston.

//Heron Preston
www.youngandbanging.com
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This dude stopped to talk to courtney love. She’s moving to ny. Some how we ended up n the mix and I asked if I could take a flick of his michael jackson jumpoff. He made it himself., originally uploaded by heronpreston.

//Heron Preston
www.youngandbanging.com
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I was just flipping through this Muhammad Ali book and came across this photo of the Jacksons "beating up" Ali. Michael smack in the center. Damn, so sad! I was just watching his youtubes the night before his death! R.I.P. Legends never die!!!, originally uploaded by heronpreston.

//Heron Preston
www.youngandbanging.com
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this is the photo i took of her in B.A. at some craze house party…

This is a piece of the email Chris sent me….



This is Chris’s photo for his NY MAG feature. You can read the article here.



what you should also do is look at other stories in the NY MAG breaking section before emailing me, to get an idea of the type of stories they run. Thanks!

Ran into Jules in the hallwayz on bowery, around the way!!! She makes jewelry. Bijules! Look her up. Hot shit!, originally uploaded by heronpreston.

//Heron Preston
www.youngandbanging.com
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Met Arjan in the hallwayz on spring and crosby. He’s a big HP reader and said whatup. Nice to meet you bro!! Thanks for reading!, originally uploaded by heronpreston.

//Heron Preston
www.youngandbanging.com
Sent from my wireless blackberry device.