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A picture is worth a thousand words. A Supreme photo tee? Well, that can run you $1,000 depending on the subject and condition.
For the last 20 years, Supreme has enlisted photographers like Harmony Korine and Gunner Stahl to shoot stars such as Kate Moss and Playboi Carti. The portraits almost always depict the subjects in the brand’s immortalized white and red box logo tee. They are sold on Thursday mornings at their flagship locations, and flipped quickly at a surplus online.
While skate decks, Nike collaborations, and North Face jackets all elicit hype in the Supreme hierarchy, the photo tee has remained one of its most coveted offerings many times over..
The surprise of the subject and choice of photographer each play a part in Supreme’s strange web of connected cultures.
With all of the hype surrounding the Carti photo tee fresh on our minds, we decided to look back at the entire archive to determine the best of all time. Here is every Supreme photo tee, ranked.
Released: Fall/Winter 2013
To some people, this installment in Supreme’s photo tee series featuring a black and white photo of the Pogues’ frontman may be a grail. No disrespect to the Irish punk singer, but we aren’t too familiar. It just doesn’t resonate with us quite the same way.
Released: Fall/Winter 2023
The Youngboy photo tee is a calculated shift in the series. It marked a choice to spotlight modern day icons instead of legends from past eras. While it was nice to see Supreme try to tap in with the younger generation and we love a lot of Youngboy’s music, this choice was almost too random. Considering how monumental the two rapper photo tees that were released after it have been, this one may get a bit lost to time as it ages.
Released: 2025
The duality of Dean Blunt occupies the exact space Supreme strives to live in. The London multi-hyphenate intercepts underground obscurity and ASAP Rocky production credits. Nettspend sports his merch. Pitchfork praises his work.
If you’re musically curious, you know who Dean Blunt is though you might not know what he looks like. That all changed in 2025 with the release of his Supreme photo tee – or did it? Covered in smoke and dressed in black, the mysterious musician lives up to his name and image by lighting one up and hiding all at once. It’s smart, standoffish, and requires Reddit research for any edgelord who claims clout on Soundcloud or says they’re tapped in. It is quintessential Supreme.
Released: 2015
Neil Young is regarded as both brilliant and an asshole depending on who you ask. Sound like any brand you know? The singer-songwriter of great depth and defiance sells out arenas where few box logos are worn.
When Rolling Stone regarded Young as “sometimes visionary, sometimes flaky, sometimes both at once, but never boring,” the sentiment is synonymous with Supreme. Worlds collided in Spring 2015 when Supreme recruited Young for a photo tee shot by Terry Richardson. Authentic and unexpected, it was an earnest zag in the era of clout goggles.
Released: 2017
Two things changed New York forever in 1994: the opening of Supreme and the release of Illmatic. The James Jebbia-founded skate shop and the Large Professor-mentored MC both hit the city to quiet commercial response but booming critical praise.
The cream rose to the top in both cases, as both Escobar and Jebbia both have plenty of classics under their belt. Making mailbox money off the hits while fielding calls from VC types, this 2017 tee takes God’s Son back to his Nasty Nas era where army jackets and a beanie were the uniform. The graph tag signature speaks to not just nostalgia but staying power as life is less a bitch but rather good for ‘94 survivors.
Released: Fall/Winter 2021
The photo tee that almost never was. Initially slated to release in 2018, shot by Terry Richardson, and shelved following various sexual assault allegations against Richardson, a new version of the tee featuring the legendary musical guru finally released in 2021. In classic Rick Rubin fashion, he was photographed in a meditation pose. How zen.
Released: Spring/Summer 2019
While Supreme’s vast number of hip-hop collabs typically get top billing, the brand has consistently proven it can tap into other genres just as easily. Case in point, this photo tee featuring dancehall legend Buju Banton. For dancehall fans, they know how amazing this one is. For everyone else that may have just snagged one off the hype, it also serves as a nice history lesson. Do your Googles.
Released: Fall/Winter 2020
Speaking of other genres, how about this tee highlighting jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders? Sanders made his name playing with John Coltrane in the ‘60s before a long and successful solo career. Even if you don’t know much about Sanders, you can’t deny that the photo of him featured on the shirt is just incredible.
Released: 2022
Whether you’re Travis Scott, Divine Council, or Kesha, an Andre 3000 appearance is about as valuable of an artistic co-sign as it gets. The same could be said for Supreme in 2022, still somewhat fluttering from a VF acquisition and a change in leadership.
Shot by Deana Lawson and arranged by Tremaine Emory during his brief but bold run, the seldom seen 3 Stacks added the intrigue and integrity the brand desperately needed. Sporting his everyday essentials atop a box logo tee, the choice of subject and shooter were both a bullseye for the then-newly elected Emory.
Released: Spring/Summer 2009
Lou Reed was the fifth installment of the now-extensive photo tee series. The badass image of the Velvet Underground lead singer has stayed etched in the memories of countless Supreme collectors. It also gets the distinction of being the first of only two times that we saw someone rock a black-on-black BOGO for the photo tee portrait.
Released: 2016
Love the Supreme Morrissey Photo Tee? Well then, you are not Morrissey. The Smiths frontman and devout vegetarian famously beefed with the world famous skate shop, stating he didn’t like any of the photos Terry Richardson took while bemoaning the brand’s tongue and cheek connection to White Castle.
Like any item of Supreme lore, the controversy only fueled the interest around it and the resale rates to follow. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before.
Released: Fall/Winter 2016
Gucci Mane is a hip-hop icon whose cultural impact goes far beyond his discography and hit songs. Seeing him added to the photo tee series back in 2016 just felt like it made sense. The tee originally dropping just a few months after he came home following a two-year jail stint made the moment feel that much more special.
Released: 2025
Chaos, vanity, and illusions to elicit activity all play in the favor of Opium and Supreme. Unruly mosh pits and riots broken up by police are the bar for a good concert or successful shirt launch for each entity, sharing the same flame through this fall’s Playboi Carti photo tee.
Shot by Gunner Stahl and already subject to poster theft, the portrait of King Vamp looking very much like Weezy down to the red bandana and facial piercings is instantly iconic, as played as that phrase may be. It’s a full circle moment for the stylish spawn of AWGE and Awful Records.
Released: 2012
Juice got weed, Juice got pills, Juice got Travis Scott wearing his face on a Supreme shirt at a concert with Bill Clinton. Beyond a shared affinity for getting blown, the sentiment of Three 6 Mafia existing through mainstream samples and the darkest corners of the underground is on par with how Supreme moved in the 2010s.
Catching Juicy J and DJ Paul on a hiatus from hitmaking as a collective, the timing was perfect for a Supreme photo tee. Hitting on the heels of the horrorcore comps to Odd Future and A$AP Mob making Memphis rap great again by way of Harlem homage. Supreme captured the Most Known Unknown artists right as a new generation of fans were about to catch on.
Released: 2007
Mike Tyson is one of the most beloved figures in pop culture history. Seeing his mug plastered on T-shirts is commonplace today. Back in 2007, it was still a bit of a surprise to see the Baddest Man on the Planet don the iconic red BOGO. He was two years removed from an unceremonious retirement from his boxing career and not exactly through rehabbing his image just yet. His tribal face tat was still such a jarring visual. It being front and center in the Kenneth Cappello-shot portrait further adds to the lore of the Tyson photo tee. Supreme frequently dabbled in boxing-inspired graphics back then, so it was a cool moment to see them officially work with such a legend of the sport, but this one certainly got better with age given the trajectory that Tyson’s career has had since.
Released: 2024
In 2024, Supreme needed Tyler, the Creator. A lackluster start to the decade due to the VF Corp acquisition and very public fallout with Tremaine Emory made many wonder what the brand had left in the tank and what they were actually about.
Calling in the Fairfax fan with the green hat, Tyler provided the timely stamp the brand desperately needed, signaling that Supreme was in fact still cool and core to T’s origin story. Large scale production resulted in lower resale rates than one may expect considering how monumental of a moment this was for young Supreme fans. Still, the optics, surprise, and full-circle life support make this shirt matter more than a dollar amount.
Released: Fall/Winter 2012
Before Supreme made it onto the runway in 2017 by way of Louis Vuitton, one of its strongest connections to the world of luxury fashion was Kate Moss. The godmother of “heroin chic” and one of the most iconic super models of the ‘90s has been on her fair share of Supreme items over the years. None are nearly as good as her photo tee from 2012. The lit cigarette in hand. The leopard coat. The image is immaculate. There’s a reason this has remained one of the most coveted photo tees of all time and still fetches a pretty penny on the resell market nearly 15 years later.
Released: 2006
In 2006, Dipset was sizzling but beginning to splinter. Cam’ron came into film, Juelz Santana locked in with Lil Wayne, and Jim Jones broke out with “Ballin’.” Pivoting from oversized throwback jerseys and Avirex jackets, Santana and Jones became style icons through their rockstar-inspired wardrobes. It was their Supreme photo that’s lived on in infamy.
Shot by Kenneth Cappollo and instantly immortalized on the pages of NikeTalk, the Dipset tee stamped Supreme in a way that wasn’t hipster or inherently skate. It expanded fanfare beyond core collectors of streetwear, becoming a coveted piece across categories.
The folklore for the tee has only grown in the 19 years since its arrival. Fellow Harlemite A$AP Rocky wore it on stage at the BET Awards in 2013 and Jim Jones called for a piece of the company in 2018. It’s the rare occasion where #UWasntThere applies to Cam’ron of all people.
All these years later, the snowballing hype has probably priced out any chance at a sequel. Still, capturing Juelz and Jimmy on the edge of independence when New York was truly up for grabs, the timing doesn’t get much better than that.
Released: 2008
Man, do we really have to explain this one? Kermit the Frog is rocking a Box Logo tee. Seeing our favorite rappers show up on photo tees is cool and all, but they all pale in comparison to the world’s most famous frog. We’ve always wondered how exactly this came to be. Now that we think about it, maybe the only tee ranked ahead of it had something to do with it. Rightfully so, the Kermit photo tee has stood the test of time as one of the most iconic T-shirts that Supreme has ever released. Maybe it’s not so bad being green after all.
Released: 2005
By 2005, Supreme had stores in New York, Los Angeles, and Japan. What they didn’t have was an e-commerce presence. When the first photo tee popped up in the wild baring guns, Wu-Tang alum, and Tickle-Me-Elmo, it blew up like a bomb for those obsessed with streetwear. At that time, you had two options: book a plane ticket at the chance to cop a T-shirt or send a Western Union money order to an online rando who probably had a Scarface avatar.
But maybe all that risk was worth it. Showcasing Shaolin’s own Raekwon cradling Sesame Street’s third-person presenting furry, the first photo tee was a paradigm shift for streetwear as a whole. Far cooler than the stuff sold on Karmaloop and more creative and provocative than the cut-and-paste formula of showcasing a hot girl doing drugs or wearing sneakers, the Kenneth Cappello photograph gave Supreme real IP and actual dimension.
The chase, surprise, and irreverence were all on display as was the never on schedule timing. Hitting the market a decade after The Purple Tape and nine years after “Winter Warz,” Raekwon and Cappadona produced something untied to RZA that’s stood the test of time.
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