- Covering four decades of photography the book serves as a stunning snapshot of Beckman's significance in the world of art, photojournalism, music, fashion, and popular culture; it's a testament to her unique ability to extract beauty from the outliers of society - With written contributions from Beckman's peers including academia's Jason King, Chair of NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music & Vivien Goldman Author & Professor at NYU; journalists Vikki Tobak, and co-founder of PAPER, Kim Hastreiter; visual artist Cey Adams; music legends Sting, Run DMC, Paul Weller, Salt-n-Pepa, Belinda Carlisle, and Slick Rick; and fashion's Dapper Dan, Dior's Maria Grazia Chiuri, Levi&'s Chad Hinson & Rebels: From Punk to Dior showcases Janette Beckman's influence in her realm "A history of cool." -- Airmail "Without a doubt she is the great reference of photography in the Hip Hop Culture, with photos that are already the history of contemporary culture of the 20th century." -- Staf Magazine "In over 240 pages, the book encapsulates the spirit of history-making generations and their influence on fashion and wider visual culture." -- The Luupe Covering four decades of photography, this book serves as a stunning snapshot of Beckman's significance in the world of art, photojournalism, music, fashion, and popular culture - but most prevalently, it's a testament to her unique ability to extract beauty from the outliers of society. With written contributions from Beckman's peers including academia's Jason King, Chair of NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music & Vivien Goldman Author & Professor at NYU; journalists Vikki Tobak, and co-founder of PAPER, Kim Hastreiter; visual artist Cey Adams; music legends Sting, Run DMC, Paul Weller, Salt-n-Pepa, Belinda Carlisle, and Slick Rick; and fashion's Dapper Dan, Dior's Maria Grazia Chiuri, Levi's Chad Hinson - Rebels: From Punk to Dior showcases Janette Beckman's influence in her realm. In addition to publishing five books, Janette Beckman's work has been exhibited in galleries worldwide and is included 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 British National Portrait Gallery. She is represented by the Fahey Klein Gallery.
Beckman, Janette: - 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 was drawn to the underground hip-hop scene and photographed pioneers such as Run DMC, Slick Rick, Salt'n'Pepa, Grand Master Flash and LL Cool J. Beckman has published five 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′, 'El Hoyo Maravilla' and 'The MashUp, Hip Hop Photos Remixed by Iconic Graffiti Artists'. Her 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 as well as working on shoots for clients such as Levis, Dior and Apple.
