Richard Kern, photographer and underground filmmaker was born in 1954 in Roanoke Rapids/ NC. He lives and works in New York City. After studying fine arts at the university of North Carolina, his career took off in the 80‘s when he bought a Super 8 camera and started making extravagant films for an underground audience in New York's East Village art scene. In the 90's he switched to photography full time and occasionally directed music videos for bands like Sonic Youth and Marilyn Manson. With…