Photo: Gudrun Geroges
JANETTE BECKMAN
PHOTOGRAPHER
Janette Beckman is a British-born photographer who now lives and works in New York. She began her career at the dawn of punk rock working for music magazines The Face and Melody Maker. She shot bands from The Clash to Boy George as well as three Police album covers.
Moving to NYC in 1983 she documented the underground hip-hop scene, photographing pioneers such as Run DMC, Slick Rick, Salt’n’Pepa, Grand Master Flash and LL Cool J.
She has published four books: ‘Rap, Portraits & Lyrics of a Generation of Black Rockers’, ‘Made In The UK The Music of Attitude 1977-1983’, ‘The Breaks, Stylin’ and Profilin’ 1982- 1990′ and ‘El Hoyo Maravilla’.
Janette's work has been shown in galleries worldwide and is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Museum of the City of New York and the Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe. She is represented by the Fahey Klein Gallery.
Beckman continues to chronicle sub-cultures of our generation and as well as working on shoots for fashion brands such as Levis, and Dior.