New York, NY (November 12th) – Grammy Award winning hip hop artist "Queen Pen teams up with Celebrity photographer Greg Frederick to release his hottest calendar to-date on www.gregfrederick.com.
Greg Frederick explains "It is not a calendar just of images of Queen Pen, but pieces of art created from images I shot with her over the year! Each month includes a Queen Pen quote to get your thoughts going throughout each month! Along with important Queen Pen dates within the calendar". Also with the calender Greg Frederick has designed an exclusive Queen Pen shirt available for purchase with the calender or separate on his website.
Greg Frederick has captured all that Queen Pen embodies today, creating a vision of her roles as a mother, role model, artist, advocate and author, through portrait. The calender will be on sale at http://queenpenmusic.com/store.htm or http://gregfrederick.com/store.htm. You can also go to the site to view some of the amazing shots captured throughout the year of shooting.
MORE ABOUT QUEEN PEN
Lynise Walters, aka Queen Pen is a Brooklyn native, female rap artist, who earned a Grammy for Best R & B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1997 with producers Dr. Dre and Teddy Riley. Recently, Pen has decided to focus on developing at risk teens and speaking in juvenile prisons, group homes, inner city schools, and facilities for young mothers. She is also an accomplished author with two books, Situations and Blossom selling over 70,000 copies collectively with a third book on the way. She is currently adding dates for her book store tour, where she is reading passages out of her new book and discussing past work with fans and supporters. In 2008 she united with The Coalition of Family Justice to open Silent Cries, an organization to help battered women and children overcome domestic violence. A strong back-bone and courage has guided her back to music recording a new album coming in 2010 with some production by industry heavy weight Teddy Riley. Besides recording the remix to "Brooklyn" by MC Lyte and being featured in the video, Queen Pen also manages her son Nefu Da Don and Reggae artist Suave Luciano.
MORE ABOUT GREG FREDERICK
Greg Frederick has more than 10 years as an International Icon, specializing in Publicity shots, Magazine Spreads, Music, Head shots, Still Life, Portfolio books, Comp Cards, Album Covers, Book Covers, Advertising, Stock Images, Location, Studio, Stock Images, Image Editing and Web Design.
In London, Greg flourished and enjoyed honing his experience. His skills and style were in demand, as he was brought in to retouch photos of international campaigns for L'Oreal, Estée Lauder, Rolex, Cartier, Selfridges, Sotheby's, Gap and Gucci. That opportunity has made Greg Fredrick one of the most sought after photo editors on the East Coast. Greg built a strong client base ranging from music and lifestyle magazines (Dazed & Confused, Gay Times, Mixmag, Curve, XY, Attitude), bands and artists (Queen Pen, Salt & Peppa, Sweet Tee, Spinderalla, Pretty Ricky, QBoy, Right Said Fred, Deadlee, Johnny Dangerous, Young Vishis, Nefu Da Don) and corporate clients (National Westminster Bank of England, V2 Vodka). Greg is also a visiting instructor for Fashion and Advertising Photography at AIU. His most recent shoot was with Hip Hop lyrical diva "Sweet Tee", which you will see shortly on his website.
For consultations and appointment arrangements please contact:
Greg Frederick
Phone: (310) 623-2868
E-mail: greg@gregfrederick.com
Contact us for media inquires on Greg Frederick & Queen Pen @:
MNS Media Group
Ernest Jackson/Durvel Wilson
mnsmedia@gmail.com
