Janette Beckman is a British documentary photographer who has worked in London, New York and Los Angeles.OA News & Correspondence
''Alfredians'' Beckman describes herself as a documentary photographer. While she produces a lot of work on location (such as the cover of The Police album ''

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'', taken in the middle of a forest in the Netherlands), she is also a studio portrait photographer. Her work has appeared on records for the major labels, and in magazines including ''

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Early life

Beckman attended King Alfred School in

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, north London from 1953 to 1967. She spent a year at

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, and then three years at

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studying photography.

Punk and hip-hop photography

After initially working for '' Sounds'' magazine with

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– her first shoot was with

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– she had a job shooting for music magazines such as ''

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'' and '' The Face,'' with a studio and darkroom in central London. Her primary focus was the UK's burgeoning

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. Beckman relocated to New York City in 1982 and continued her career, shooting for her UK clients as well as new ones in the U.S. Upon arriving in New York, Beckman presented her portfolio to American record companies looking for work shooting album covers, but the gritty feel of her work did not fit the "airbrushed" aesthetic preferred at the time. She was passed on to smaller rap and hip-hop labels, where she photographed acts such as

Salt-N-Pepa Salt-N-Pepa (sometimes stylized as Salt 'N' Pepa) is an American hip-hop, hip hop group formed in New York City in 1985, that comprised Salt (rapper), Salt (Cheryl James), Pepa (rapper), Pepa (Sandra Denton), and DJ Spinderella (Deidra Roper). ...

LL Cool J James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, alongside fellow new school hip ho ...

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, and the

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in their early days. In a 2015 interview with ''American Photo'' magazine, she recalled "It is amazing, 30 years later, people going 'oh you photographed legends.' I guess I did, but they weren’t legends when I was taking pictures of them".

Exhibitions

In August 2010 Beckman produced an exhibition entitled ''Archive of Attitude'' at Arkitip's Project Space, Los Angeles, which included "works from her time in London during the punk era through the hip-hop decade in New York and Los Angeles". Arkitip published a supplement to the show in the form of a broadsheet newspaper full of Beckman's photographs. That same month photographer Jill Furmanovsky chose Beckman's Paul Weller and Pete Townsend as one of her personal favourite music photographs for an article with ''

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.'' In March 2011 the Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York City opened an exhibition at their

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location titled ''Catch the Beat: The Roots of Punk and Hip Hop,'' a joint exhibition of photographs by Beckman and photographer David Corio. In a recording of Beckman working on the streets of

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, her photograph of

with his

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is described as hip-hop history, known around the world. In July 2011, Flavorwire named Beckman one of "10 Rock Photographers You Should Know". In the same month, Beckman launched "Archive of Attitude", a blog recounting the stories behind the photographs. In March highlights her current advertising campaign was for

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, her third

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for the music-friendly headwear company. In the summer of 2012 Beckman joined the faculty at the

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in New York City to teach a course on photographing youth culture. Beckman took on a new working relationship with the British style magazine ''Jocks and Nerds'' for which she later became the New York City editor. Beckman appeared in the

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'' two-part documentary "We Were All Watching / Part 2, Fashion in the Golden Age of Hip Hop," alongside

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, Dante Ross,

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, and others. A trip to Caracas in 2013 produced a body of work on Tuki dancers, who combine street styles, pop, house and techno culture. Also in 2013, Ono Arte gallery in Bologna held two exhibitions: ''Made in the UK'' and ''My Generation.'' 2014 brought a residency at the

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, in conjunction with an exhibition at Carver Savings and Loan Association titled ''Rebel Culture: Legends of Hip Hop and the Go Hard Boyz (Harlem Bikers).'' Beckman's "Hip Hop Mash Up" was launched in 2014. She teamed up with graffiti artists including Cey Adams, to reinterpret photos from her archive, including

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Run DMC Run-DMC (also formatted Run-D.M.C., RUN DMC, or some combination thereof) was an American hip-hop group formed in Hollis, Queens, New York City in 1983 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jam Master Jay, Jason Mizell. Run-DMC is regarded as ...

, and

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. By early 2015 prints had been exhibited at Salon Atelier-Galerie in

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, and at

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, New York City. Later in 2015 comes an exhibition at the

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, with photographs by Beckman, including the Mash Up, along with two other New York City photographers, Joe Conzo and Martha Cooper: ''Hip-Hop Revolution presents more than 80 photographs taken between 1977 and 1990.'' Also in 2015, Beckman curated an exhibition and slideshow of photographs of musicians from across four decades by dozens of photographers for Photoville, a two-week exhibition of photography in Brooklyn, NY. In conjunction with the celebrations in the UK of 40 years since the birth of

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, in 2016, the Punctum Gallery in London's Chelsea Art College hosted a punk version of the Mash Up, and shoe store Fiorentini + Baker in east London hosted an exhibition of photos of punks from Beckman's archive. The Photographers' Gallery in London also included photos in their Punk Weekender. Works were included in ''Tastemakers & Earthshakers: Notes from Los Angeles Youth Culture, 1943 – 2016'' a "multimedia exhibition that traverses eight decades of style, art, and music, and presents vignettes that consider youth culture as a social class, distinct issues associated with young people, principles of social organization, and the emergence of subcultural groups". It opened in October 2016, at the Vincent Price Art Museum in East Los Angeles. ''Here We Are'' is

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's exhibition of British social and documentary photography, featuring Beckman,

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, Shirley Baker, Jane Bown,

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, and others, which opened in

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in September 2017. ''Worn in New York: 68 Sartorial Memoirs of the City,'' a book by Emily Spivack (

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, 2017), had "clothing-inspired narratives" and included Beckman's Def Jam jacket. The Fahey/Klein Gallery held a solo exhibition in October 2018, that included photographs of hip hop, British punk, and the Mash Up. Beckman's photographs were included in the "Represent" Exhibition at the Smithsonian's

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, May 2018 – 2019 Further exhibitions include solo shows "Rebels" at

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in 2021; "Rebels: From Punk to Dior" at Fahey Klein Gallery in 2022; and "Rebels" at Foam photography museum, Amsterdam, in 2024.

50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop

Photographs were in various exhibitions marking the 50th anniversary, including "Hip Hop: Conscious, Unconscious" at Fotografiska New York, and Fotografiska Stockholm; and "Get Rich or Die Tryin’" at the international photography festival 'Cortona On The Move' in the Tuscan town of Cortona Her work was featured in editorial publications including Vanity Fair and "Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style" Rizzoli Electa, 2023. She had a solo exhibition at

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in New York where her photographs were displayed outdoors, and was interviewed there for NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment for a segment called "That's So Dope, Hip Hop Beyond Music".

Permanent Collections

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Publications

Publications by Beckman

*''Rap: Portraits and Lyrics of a Generation of Black Rockers.'' America: St. Martin's, 1991. England: Omnibus, 1991. With text by

. *''Made in the UK; The Music of Attitude.'' PowerHouse, 2005. Images of, and stories about, a variety of bands and cultures from 1977 to 1983: rockabillies, punks, mods, and dub artists;

Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television host. According to ''Rolling Stone'', Costello "reinvigorated the literate, lyrical ...

Sex Pistols The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years, they became culturally influential in popular music. The band initiated the punk movement in the United Ki ...

The Ramones The Ramones were an American punk rock band formed in the New York City neighborhood Forest Hills, Queens in 1974. Known for helping establish the punk movement in the United States and elsewhere, the Ramones are often recognized as one of t ...

. With a foreword by Paul Smith, and an essay by Vivien Goldman. *''The Breaks: Stylin' and Profilin.'' PowerHouse, 2007. Images of rap and hip hop stars from 1982 to 1990 including

Afrika Bambaataa Lance Taylor (born April 17, 1957), also known as Afrika Bambaataa (), is a retired American DJ, rapper, and record producer. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of ...

Salt-n-Pepa Salt-N-Pepa (sometimes stylized as Salt 'N' Pepa) is an American hip-hop, hip hop group formed in New York City in 1985, that comprised Salt (rapper), Salt (Cheryl James), Pepa (rapper), Pepa (Sandra Denton), and DJ Spinderella (Deidra Roper). ...

and

Grandmaster Flash Joseph Robert Saddler (born January 1, 1958), known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is a Barbadian-American musician and DJ. He created a DJ technique called the Quick Mix Theory. This technique serviced the break-dancer and the rapper by el ...

. *''El Hoyo Maravilla.'' Dashwood Books, 2011. Photographs in ''El Hoyo Maravilla''. Black and white photographs from the 1980s of one of East LA's Hispanic gangs. *''The Mash Up: Hip-Hop Photos Remixed by Iconic Graffiti Artists'' Hat and Beard, 2018 *''Rebels: From Punk to Dior''. Drago, 2022

Publications with contributions by Beckman

*'' Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop'' by Vikki Tobak.

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/ Clarkson Potter, 2018. *''Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap''

, 2021. *''Her Dior: Maria Grazia Chiuri's New Voice'' by Maria Grazia Chiuri, Text by Maria Luisa Frisa. Rizzoli, 2021. *''LL COOL J Presents 'The Streets Win: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Greatness by LL COOL J and Vikki Tobak and Alec Banks, Rizzoli, 2023

Selection of record sleeves

The Police

Outlandos d'Amour ''Outlandos d'Amour'' is the debut studio album by British rock band the Police, released on 17 November 1978 by A&M Records. Elevated by the success of its lead single, " Roxanne", ''Outlandos d'Amour'' peaked at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart ...

*Greatest Hits, The Police *

Reggatta de Blanc ''Reggatta de Blanc'' is the second studio album by British rock band the Police, released on 5 October 1979 by A&M Records. It was the band's first release to top the UK Albums Chart and features their first two UK number-one singles: " Messa ...

EPMD

* Unfinished Business * Strictly Business

Salt-n-Pepa

A Salt With a Deadly Pepa ''A Salt with a Deadly Pepa'' is the second studio album by American hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa, released on August 2, 1988, by London Records and Next Plateau Records. The album reached number 38 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number eight on the ...

* Push It *The Millennium Collection

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

On the Strength ''On the Strength'' is the second and final studio album by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Released in 1988, it was the full line-up's last album together. Although contributing to the album itself, Cowboy (Keith Wiggins) was not prese ...

*Gold

Other

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– "

We Got the Beat "We Got the Beat" is a song by the American all-female rock band the Go-Go's, written by the group's lead guitarist and keyboardist Charlotte Caffey. The band first recorded the song in early 1980 as a single on UK-based Stiff Records, and rerec ...

" * M.I.A. – '' Kala'' *

Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English-American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who rose to prominence as a member of the rock bands the Herd and Humble Pie. Later in his career, Frampton found significant success as a s ...

– "Lying" * Joe Jackson – " Steppin' Out" *

Jungle Brothers Jungle Brothers are an American hip hop trio composed of Michael Small (Mike Gee), Nathaniel Hall (Afrika Baby Bam) and Sammy Burwell (DJ Sammy B). Hailed as pioneers of the fusion of jazz, hip-hop, and house music, they were the first hip-hop g ...

– "Doin' Our Own Dang" *

Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, widely known for her hit singles " Fast Car" (1988) and " Give Me One Reason" (1995). She was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she rel ...

– "

Fast Car "Fast Car" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on April 6, 1988, by Elektra Records, as the lead single from her 1988 self-titled debut studio album. Chapman's appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthd ...

" * Ministry – "I Wanted To Tell Her" *

UMC'S The UMC's was an American hip hop music, hip hop duo from the borough of Staten Island in New York City. The group was composed of Haas G and Kool Kim, who released the critically acclaimed full-length album ''Fruits of Nature'' in 1991, which ...

– ''

Fruits of Nature ''Fruits of Nature'' is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group the UMC's. It was released in October 15, 1991, via Wild Pitch Records. The recording sessions took place at Such-A-Sound Studio in Brooklyn. The album was produced by m ...

'' *

New Edition New Edition is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B/Pop music, pop group from the Roxbury, Boston, Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1978 by singer/rapper Bobby Brown. Their name is taken to mean a new edition of the Jackson ...

– " 'Candy Girl'" *

Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock were an American Hip hop music, hip hop duo from Harlem, New York City. Rob Base is the stage name of Robert Ginyard (b. May 18, 1967) and DJ E-Z Rock was the stage name of Rodney "Skip" Bryce (1967–2014). They are best ...

– "Get on the Dance Floor" * Run-D.M.C. – "Mary Mary" *Babatundi Olatunji – ''Love Drum Talk'' *

Monie Love Simone Johnson (born Simone Gooden) (born 2 July 1970), better known by her stage name Monie Love, is an English rapper, actress, and radio personality known for her singles during the late 1980s and the 1990s. Love is a radio personality for u ...

– ''Down to Earth'' (US cover) * Dana Dane – '' Dana Dane with Fame'' * Jennifer Koh – ''Violin Fantasies'' * The Gyrlz – ''Love Me Or Leave Me''

References

External links

Personal website
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