Charles Arnold Lecture: Photographer Janette Beckman
RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences presents British-born photographer Janette Beckman as part of its Charles Arnold Lecture Series.
The talk is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in MAGIC Spell Studios' Wegmans Theater.
Beckman began her career in the punk rock era 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. In 1983 she moved to New York to document the underground hip-hop scene, photographing pioneers Run DMC, Salt-N-Pepa, LL Cool J, Slick Rick and many more.
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 British National Portrait Gallery.
Photo of Run DMC and Posse Hollis Queens by © Janette Beckman
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