Ricky Powell & His World Famous Slide Show hit The Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 20th. The legendary street photographer, teamed up with Altamont Apparel to create a collection of street wear inspired by his iconographic black and white photos – with a mixture of flicks including hip-hop icons such as Run DMC, Eazy-E, LL Cool J and The Wu-Tang Clan; raw street photography from New York City, and screens from early ’60s TV shows like The Munsters. Every photo was presented with an interesting backstory. TransWorld Skateboarding has some additional photos here.

Check out the video interview Ricky did with Altamont here, and the capsule collection Altamont did the with renowned photographer, which is part of their Fall 2008 collection.

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