Janette Beckman

Portraits capturing the wild style of downtown New York

Strike a pose

Photographer Janette Beckman remembers capturing the city’s burgeoning hip hop scene and its fashion trailblazers.

Art & Culture > Photography

Janette Beckman on the cultural power of shoes

Feet first

A new photography exhibition explores how footwear became the ultimate status symbol of the modern era.

Art & Culture > Music

A history of she-punks, from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot

Revenge stories

Music journalist Vivien Goldman explores how the punk movement became a vehicle for liberation, creative expression, and political rebellion.

Art & Culture > Art

Hip hop photography, remixed by iconic graffiti artists

The mash-up

Legendary New York photographer Janette Beckman hands her work over to the world’s biggest streets artists for new project, The Mash-Up.

Art & Culture > Style

Cult photographer Janette Beckman shares her sartorial memoirs

Worn in New York

A new book reveals the mysteries that lie behind the clothes of creative icons. In an exclusive extract, Janette Beckman shares the story behind her favourite Def Jam bomber.

Art & Culture > Photography

Burberry announces major new photography show on British life

Here We Are

The exhibition, dedicated to the ‘British way of life and character’, will open in London next month.

Art & Culture

The Firestarters: meet the photographers who captured punk

Style that still burns brightly

As Punk London’s year-long celebration takes over the Photographers’ Gallery with an exhibition of punk portraits, photographers Derek Ridger and Anita Corbin share the stories behind their iconic images.