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23 Jan

JANETTE BECKMAN | FROM PUNK TO DIOR PASSING THROUGH HIP HOP

11 February 2022
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2021, hip hop, Janette Beckman, Photography, Street Photography
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British-born photographer Janette Beckman began her career at the dawn of punk rock working for publications such as The Face and Melody Maker. She shot bands from The Clash to Boy George as well...

01 Sep

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INTERVIEW WITH JANETTE BECKMAN

1 September 2020
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hip hop, Interview, Janette Beckman, Street Photography
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Could you describe what it means to be a rebel in the 70s, 80s, and today? I left home to go to art school and became a rebel. When I graduated the British punk and...

26 Aug

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RUN DMC & PUBLIC ENEMY IN ROME | AN EXCERP FROM THE BOOK “CRASH KID, A HIP HOP LEGACY”

26 August 2020
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Crash Kid A Hip Hop Legacy, GRAFFITI, hip hop, Italy, STREET ART
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In 1988, while I was in full puberty and attending eighth grade at a school near the Termini train station in Rome, rap entered its adult phase and began transitioning from a niche genre...

03 Apr

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APESHIT: AN ART LESSON WITH BEYONCÉ AND JAY Z

3 April 2020
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The divide between high culture and entertainment for the masses, and between commercial products and elite markets, is no longer clear-cut. The cultural richness Hip Hop has ended up offering to the world and...

23 Mar

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AN EXCERP FROM THE BOOK “CRASH KID, A HIP HOP LEGACY”

23 March 2020
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Crash Kid A Hip Hop Legacy, hip hop, Napal, rome, Street Photography
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This text is a summary of the events that turned Hip Hop from an underground subculture of New York to a global phenomenon accessible to anyone. It goes without saying that the many stories...