The Story of Governors Ball in Fifty Photographs
06 June 2017, 07:00
Photography by
Burak Cingi
We tell the story of this year’s Randall’s Island musical showcase in fifty photographs celebrating the magic in the Big Apple, with Charli XCX, Childish Gambino, Lorde, Skepta, Stormzy, Banks, Air, Wiz Khalifa, Local Natives, The Orwells, Mondo Cozmo and many, many more. Burak Cingi shoots.
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