'Family': Devendra Banhart and other free spirits

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Although shed taken hundreds if not thousands of photographs of her friend, it wasnt until 2006 that Dukoff started to think of this work in professional terms. She was working for Autumn DeWilde, a photographer also known for her intimate portraits of musicians whom Dukoff considers a mentor, and when Banhart was invited to curate the All Tomorrows Parties festival in England, DeWilde asked her why she wasnt going. I said, Why would I go?" Dukoff remembers. And she said, To shoot it!'"<br>
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As a credentialed photographer, Dukoff captured Banhart roaming the dunes at Camber Sands during his down time, and then shirtless and sweaty backstage, with his arms around his fellow band members and a wine glass dangling loosely from his fingers. Back in L.A., she also visited the homes of other musicians in this bohemian circle. In the pages of Family, Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti and Binki Shapiro, who are two-thirds of Little Joy, relax in bed. Matteah Baim pulls a feathered hat down over her eyes in one shot and throws her guitar off a Malibu cliff in another.

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Although shed taken hundreds if not thousands of photographs of her friend, it wasnt until 2006 that Dukoff started to think of this work in professional terms. She was working for Autumn DeWilde, a photographer also known for her intimate portraits of musicians whom Dukoff considers a mentor, and when Banhart was invited to curate the All Tomorrows Parties festival in England, DeWilde asked her why she wasnt going. I said, Why would I go?" Dukoff remembers. And she said, To shoot it!'"

As a credentialed photographer, Dukoff captured Banhart roaming the dunes at Camber Sands during his down time, and then shirtless and sweaty backstage, with his arms around his fellow band members and a wine glass dangling loosely from his fingers. Back in L.A., she also visited the homes of other musicians in this bohemian circle. In the pages of Family, Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti and Binki Shapiro, who are two-thirds of Little Joy, relax in bed. Matteah Baim pulls a feathered hat down over her eyes in one shot and throws her guitar off a Malibu cliff in another.

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