
Sound System Culture Jamaica & UK 1986-88
- Publisher
- Café Royal Books
- Specifications
- Staple bound
14 × 20 cm
36 pages
Printed in England
"It was at a yard in Kingston on a hot and humid night in April 1986 that I took my first pictures with a Leica and a handheld lamp, no flash. It was here that I truly first encountered Jamaican sound system culture and the nascent dancehall scene, and I was instantly struck by it." The work follows that culture between the island and Britain over three years, from the yards and lawns where the speaker stacks are built to the dances held on the other side of the Atlantic.