Bridge Runners founder and man-about-town El Saeso along with Frank Book 22 Guest Curator Nemo chilling in Washington Square Park back in the day. Photo by Kim Harris

Manik Skateboards, a premium Seattle based skateboarding company, has announced its collaboration with photographer and Frank151 photo editor Craig Wetherby, to produce limited edition skateboards, shirts and New Era fitted caps. The series will be released to select boutique shops worldwide in conjunction with a world gallery tour exhibiting Craig Wetherby’s photos and limited edition skate decks. The Manik and Craig Wetherby collaboration features a selection of some of Wetherby’s most popular imagery. Wetherby has photographed just about every relevant hip-hop artist to date while also being highly respected and admired by the punk rock and rock n roll communities alike.

We are proud to announce the first in a series of exhibitions showcasing these pieces at Goods in Seattle Saturday May 31st. The reception will be preceded by a skate demo by the Manik team at Innerspace.

For more information on this contact us.

Opening Reception Saturday May 31st

- Manik Skateboard Demo & BBQ 4:00-7:00pm at Innerspace ( 3506-1/2 Stone Way N Seattle, WA 98103)

- Opening Reception May 31st 7:00pm-9:00pm at Goods (1112 Pike St., Seattle, WA) www.needgoods.com

- After Party at The War Room 9:00pm-2:00am (722 E Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122)

RSVP at: craigwetherby@pitchcontrolpr.com for guestlist.

Frank family Chino and Ego Trip’s Sasha Jenkins have just completed a new book entitled “Piecebook”, available for pre-order next week at Amazon.com by clicking here. Some of the writers featured in Piecebook are: Dondi, Lee, T Kid, Lady Pink, IZ The Wiz, Kel 1st, Seen UA, Ali, Daze, Skeme, Noc 167, Cey, Part TDS, Don 1,West, Caine One, Mare, Doc TC5, Sye TPA, Shy 147, Kaves, Weber, Freedom,
Wane COD, Dero, Reas, Erni and others. Chino is an NYC original. Support!

Talented Photographer and Frank fam Ale Zuek recently launched his new website / online portfolio.

Check it out @ zuekphotopgraphy.com

This photo of the lovely Shay Laren, was a Valentine’s Day gift to the Frank Family, from super talented photographer Ellen Stagg.

A few months back you may have noticed weekly posts highlighting the photography of Ellen Stagg. These photos got some of our readers really hot, so we had to let things cool down for a minute. The reaction was overwhelming positive, however some visitors called her images pornographic and exploitative. We wanted to explore these ideas further, so we caught up to Ellen to hear some of her thoughts on this situation.

Since we last featured her photos, Ellen has been on a steady photo blog grind, constantly featuring fresh new work on her site StaggStreet.com. We felt this was the perfect time to check in with Ellen and disucss her work further. Check out the full interview after the jump.

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Last week Frank151 took it down to South Beach in Miami during the annual international Art Basel festival to celebrate Book 31: The Love Revolution, curated by Lenny Kravitz.  On the wheels was none other than Lenny’s cousin DJ Ruckus. 

As you can tell from the pictures below, the crowd was in high spirits and the Frank lifestyle was in full effect…. 

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DJ Ruckus was also behind Frank’s Love Revolution mixtape; you can give it a listen on Radio151, to your left…

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Latex courtesy of StaggStreet

The good people at Sly Art vs Robot City just notified us that KREVIEW - Vol. 3 is now available for download here. From Sly Art themselves:

K|REVIEW VOL. 3 is here! This edition’s REVIEW features “Working Girls” from New York to the lit up deserts of Nevada. On the B-Side, its West Coast bound and Lights Flashing, with a few very special guest appearances courtesy of the blazing shutter speeds, fast enough to catch the Daytona 500 Prototype Class, but…enough words. Download the eBook worth 60,000+…words that is.

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