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For his project The Band Was Here, New Yorker Steve Birnbaum obsessively tracks down famous musical locations – but this pop cultural history is under threat
Photographer Alex Bartsch spent three years researching and re-photographing reggae album covers in their original locations.
Clarks shoes might not be the epitome of cool here in the UK, but in Jamaica, they hold a special place in Jamiacans’ hearts. Referenced in hundreds of reggae and dancehall songs, the “champion shoes” are the preferred footwear of gangsters, school children, Rastas, government officials and everybody in between, and it’s been that way for as long as anybody can remember. Now One Love Books is releasing the long-awaited second edition of Al Fingers‘ cult classic, Clarks in Jamaica, updated with new interviews, photographs and previously unseen archive material. With a focus on the ...