From Wembley to the Westway,time travel to the 1960s-80s reggae scene in London with Alex Bartsch’s rephotographed record covers.
The idea for the project first came to him when he bought Joe’s All Stars’ Brixton Cat LP, he says. “I live in Brixton and took the record down to the market where the cover photo was shot, and holding it up and rephotographing it at arm’s length,matching the LP to the background. The second cover was Smiley Culture’s Cockney Translation, which was photographed in Battersea. From then on, and I was hooked.”So far he’s located forty-two record covers. He’s cycled all over the city,climbed rooftops, entered homes and backyards (with permission), and gone on a few wild goose chases. “It’s been a worthy adventure,and has painted an consuming map of London’s reggae music heritage,” he says. See more and support the project here.
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