British-born photographer Janette Beckman began her career at the dawn of punk rock working for music magazines The Face and Melody Maker. She shot bands from The Clash to Boy George as well as three Police album covers.
Drawn to the underground Hip Hop scene, she moved to New York City in 1983 and photographed pioneers Run DMC, Slick Rick, Salt-N-Pepa, Grand Master Flash, LL Cool J and many more. Her work has been shown in galleries worldwide and is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Museum of the City of New York and the Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe.
“Salt-N-Pepa were like sisters, funny, cool girls from Queens wearing big gold earrings, chains and fake Louis Vuitton bags,” Beckman said. “The first time I met Salt-N-Pepa, they didn’t even have a record out. I photographed them for a British teen magazine and we had a great day taking photos in Alphabet City. They were working on their first record at the time and they asked me if I would shoot the cover. This turned out to be the beginning of many covers I’d shoot for them.”
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