
Images from Janette Beckman's exhibition 'Made In The UK' at the powerHouse Gallery. photos by Jon Espinosa
Londoner Janette Beckman began her career at the dawn of punk rock working for The Face and Melody Maker. Beckman photographed groundbreaking album covers for The Police's first three albums. Moving to New York in 1982, she was instantly drawn to the underground hip hop scene. Her photographs of the pioneers Afrika Bambaataa, Run DMC, Salt-N-Pepa, and Grandmaster Flash are collected in RAP: Portraits and Lyrics of a Generation of Black Rockers (St. Martin's Press, 1991). Beckman's work has appeared in Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Glamour, among others. She lives and works in New York. more...
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