jamaican people

The British photographer relives the years he spent amid the hustlers, dancers and sound systems of Jamaica’s dancehall scene

If your only frame of reference for reggae and Jamaican culture is Bob Marley or Snoop Lion rolling papers, prepare to learn something. The artist who brought us Redemption Song was only one stop in…

Vacation to Jamaica, March 2011

Writer and photographer Beth Lesser travelled in Jamaica throughout the 80s interviewing musicians for her magazine. Along the way she captured the scene at the time, exploring the period between the death of Bob Marley and ragga's conquest of America