Delve into Odd Future’s early years with the new book ‘Almost Famous’

Brick Stowell spent years photographing the landmark music group Odd Future. Now, he’s sharing the intimate images for the first time.

Tyler the Creator. Frank Ocean. Earl Sweatshirt. Lionel Boyce. Before they were household names, they were members of Odd Future, a landmark LA art collective that launched in 2007 to blend influence from hip hop, punk, and skate culture, tossing a molotov cocktail on tradition and leaving a sonic dent on culture that lives on to this day.

Unbeknownst to most of the world until recently, a budding photographer named Brick Stowell followed along for the ride—serving as the group’s first tour manager while documenting their rise. But years of Stowell’s work were never seen until just the last month when he launched a limited run gallery of artifacts at the music festival, Camp Flog Gnaw, which are on auction through the collectibles company PSA. At that event, he also released the first in an upcoming series of photo books on Odd Future. Titled Almost Famous ($150), it’s 396-pages of never seen shots from 2011-2016 of some of the most noteworthy artists of our age.