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“I’m a Morning Person” is a photographic series by German visual artist Wolfgang Tillmans on pages 194–199 of Boys Don’t Cry magazine, released alongside Frank Ocean’s studio album Blonde on August 20, 2016. The piece features four shots of Ocean in Berlin, Germany, in 2015, including a portrait on...
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I’m a Morning Person was written by Wolfgang Tillmans.
I’m a Morning Person was produced by Wolfgang Tillmans & Frank Ocean & Rita Zebdi.
Wolfgang Tillmans released I’m a Morning Person on Sat Aug 20 2016.
“I’m a Morning Person” appears on pages 194–199 of Boys Don’t Cry magazine.
Wolfgang Tillmans spoke about his photoshoot in a 2016 interview with Steve Salter of i-D magazine:
One time [Frank Ocean] canceled the shoot because the hair colorist wasn’t able to do her job in time. Even though it seemed rather extravagant, to say the least, the final result is so good that I t...
“I’m a Morning Person,” pp. 194–195 of Boys Don’t Cry.
“I’m a Morning Person,” pp. 196–197 of Boys Don’t Cry.
“I’m a Morning Person,” pp. 198–199 of Boys Don’t Cry.
After the release Boys Don’t Cry magazine in 2016, Wolfgang Tillmans exhibited an alternate version of the portrait on page 195 at various galleries around the world. In the original photo, titled “Frank, in the shower,” Frank Ocean wore two rings around his left pinky finger: a mourning ring inscri...
At 3:31, the music video for Frank Ocean’s “Nikes” includes a brief reference to the portrait of Ocean in “I’m a Morning Person” on page 195—the same photo used on one of three magazine covers for Boys Don’t Cry and album artworks for Blonde. Tillmans also exhibited an unaltered version of the image...
“Frank Ocean, Berlin,” 2015 (Galerie Buchholz, 2016).
“Frank Ocean, Berlin 2,” 2015 (Art Basel, 2019).
“Frank, in the shower,” 2015 (Art Basel, 2018).
“In the morning,” 2015 (Galerie Buchholz, 2016).