Tuning in to the parallel attitudes of British punk and US hip hop, photographer Janette Beckman’s rolled back, documentary aesthetic matched and helped shape the two movements.
British-born, Beckman started out in London shooting for countercultural titles like The Face, before moving to New York in the early 1980s.
Intuitive and warmed through with a fan’s affection, Beckman’s images can be scuzzy or lean; whether making brilliant use of exteriors or focusing on fashion and gesture in the studio, she captures a constant of the subject along with a transience of mood.
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👉 Swjpe for Run DMC, Shane MacGowan, Salt n Pepa, John Lydon, writer Elmore Leonard and Ll Cool J.
📷: Janette Beckman/Getty Images | janettephoto | gettyarchive
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