Grey Matters: Janette Beckman on Mastering Monochrome
Call to mind any black and white photograph of fresh-faced (well, sort of) punk or hip hop legends and there’s a good chance it’s a Janette Beckman. LL Cool J, Boy George, Sid Vicious and Run-DMC all found themselves in front of the iconic photographer’s lens at some point, more often than not right as their careers — and respective scenes — were kicking off and steering the course of music history.
As a master of black, white and grey area for decades, Beckman’s sneaker contemporary can only be . The 80s sneaker can chop up greys with the best of them, so we laced Beckman in a pair and asked her to lead us down memory lane.