A trip along memory lane: Reggae or Not Photo Show

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A trip along memory lane: Reggae or Not Photo Show
16 February 2013
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Show – Reggae or not: The birth of dancehall culture in Jamaica and Toronto. Photographs by Beth Lesser.
Jamaica in the 1980s had two main exports. The first was the music, a unique form of reggae called dancehall.
This photo exhibit profiles the singers and producers who created that sound. Most of the subjects are men. Shot
in the streets and recording studios of Kingston, the photos capture the mood of the era.
Jamaica’s second export in the 1980s was the people. They were tired of the politically supported violence on the
island. They fled to Canada, USA and UK. Many of them were musicians. They found a warm audience among
Jamaican expats for the music.
Beth Lesser
Over the decades these musicians travelled back and forth between abroad and Jamaica. It is this constant motion
that made dancehall an international success.
Toronto-based photographer, Beth Lesser, is a white reggae fan. She created the first international magazine that
focused on dancehall music.
The photos show the grittiness of Kingston in the 1980s. Violence prowled on the edges just waiting to explode.
In the midst of this, crooners such as Gregory Isaacs and Frankie Paul recorded the mellowest love songs.
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Photographer: Beth Lesser. Dates: Feb. 1-28, 2013.
Location: Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, www.gladstonehotel.com.
Curator: Kenneth Montague, Wedge Curatorial Projects, www.wedgecuratorialprojects.org
© Jacqueline L. Scott
Jacqueline L. Scott is a writer in Toronto, Canada. She riffs on travel, race and culture.
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