{"id":189848,"date":"2024-01-12T18:46:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=189848"},"modified":"2024-01-13T14:03:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T13:03:44","slug":"normski-the-man-with-the-golden-shutter-new-hip-hop-photography-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/normski-the-man-with-the-golden-shutter-new-hip-hop-photography-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Normski: Man with the Golden Shutter (New Book Alert)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cThe difference between Normski\u2019s photograph of me and any other is that it captures my soul.\u201d\u2014Goldie<\/h3>\n

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Normski was a vital witness to the period known as the Golden Age of Rap, when big US artists like Run DMC<\/strong>, LL Cool J<\/strong> and Public Enemy<\/strong> started to play in the UK. At the same time, a British music scene born of Black music and myriad multicultural influences was developing, giving birth to Jungle, Garage and Techno.<\/p>\n

The author, who describes himself as having been a \u201cyoung Black British homeboy photographer\u201d, was in the right place at the right time to document the emergent music community and social movements of hip hop and rap in the UK. Normski: Man with the Golden Shutter<\/strong> presents Normski\u2019s personal journey through that world from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. As Marcus Barnes<\/strong> stares in the book\u2019s foreword, \u201cNormski didn\u2019t just document the culture as an outsider looking in; this was not an anthropological study by someone disconnected from the movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Queen Latifah, Empire State Building, New York City, 1980s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This was a highly creative individual who was part of the culture, recording everything he saw from the inside. As a result, Norm also has an array of fascinating stories and some hilarious insights. As someone who was on the frontline at the genesis of a period that inspired a whole new generation; creatively, politically and socially, he speaks first-hand about his adventures, the characters hemet, the zeitgeist of the time and the pure, undiluted energy that paved the way for so much of what\u2019s happening today.\u201dThe book includes Normski\u2019s often previously unseen photographs of Public Enemy<\/strong>, N.W.A.<\/strong>, Cypress Hill<\/strong>, De La Soul<\/strong>, Goldie<\/strong>, Ice-T<\/strong>, Run DMC<\/strong>, Wu-Tang Clan<\/strong> and many others, alongside the photographer\u2019s stories and anecdotes from the center of what would become a hugely influential cultural movement.<\/p>\n

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Chuck D & Flava Flav Def Jam 87, Hammersmith Odeon, 1987<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About Normski:<\/strong> Norman Anderson, better known as Normski, is a leading authority on urban and contemporary culture, and has had a prolific career in the fields of music, television, photography, fashion and journalism. Combining his talents for vision and music, Normski’s photographic credits have flown the world; his photography on the theme of the “Black British experience” has been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum<\/em> in London. He has worked and consulted for all the major record companies, as well as producing and directing music promos for many UK and U.S. companies. Anderson\u2019s career includes a plethora of host and presenter appearances, spanning across television, radio, and international live events.<\/p>\n

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Get your copy of this unique piece of Hip-Hop history right HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Published by ACC Art Books<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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De La Soul, Brixton Academy, London, 1989<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Ice Cube, Inglewood, Los Angeles, 1992<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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B-boys busking, Covent Garden, London, 1985<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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