Musician and Vocalist Egyptian Lover with a Vocoder in Front of a Mural of his Likeness as an Egyptian Pharaoh, April 2004

B+ (Brian Cross) is an Irish-born, LA-based photographer and filmmaker. Since the 1990s, he has chronicled underground hip hop, rap, jazz, cumbia, and reggae music scenes. A visual cartographer of sound culture, B+ captures moments of contemplation and inspiration within creative lives. Here, electro music artist The Egyptian Lover holds a vocoder device in front of his Los Angeles studio.