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a platform documenting and celebrating the Jamaican British experience 🇯🇲🇬🇧 art • music • history

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Many people know that Jamaicans love Clarks, but here’s the history behind it 🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

CLARKS IN JAMAICA - A THREAD

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British-Jamaican photographer Neil Kenlock photographed a number of subjects across London in their homes. Images like this were taken to send back to relatives in the Caribbean to show settlement in Britain.

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Notting Hill Carnival (1979)
Shot by David Hoffman.

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mylo, indira, tyreis & javanie ✨

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For this years Black History Month, we will be highlighting our favourite creatives to watch.

Tag a British Caribbean creative that you feel should be celebrated this BHM!

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cam, myles, monikah & jamal ✨

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The series was published at Cob Gallery in London in 2020, and prints were sold with the proceeds going to a charity in Jamaica focused on helping local women.

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“Tallawah” is a photo series by British-Jamaican/Nigerian photographer, Nadine Ijewere. In collaboration with American-Jamaican hair stylist Jawara, we are taken on a journey of celebration of Jamaican hair.

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Photographing subject both in the UK and in Jamaica, Nadine captured a wide range of generations and different styles of hair, showcasing the importance of these styles in relation to identity.

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Don Letts shot for @NOAHNewYork

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British-Jamaican labour MP, Diane Abbott is not only Britain’s first ever black female member of parliament, but also the longest serving black MP in the House of Commons AND the first black female shadow Home Secretary.

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British-Jamaican director & dj Don Letts with Bob Marley (1975)
Unknown photographer

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Notting Hill Carnival (2023)

Shot by @hasnactayyar

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Notting Hill Carnival (2022)
Shot by @gentrifighter

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Notting Hill Carnival shot by @_alicezoo in 2019.

She set out to capture the most intimate moments during the weekend, intending to emphasise sensuality and directness with the subjects being photographed

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Scottish/Jamaican designer @nicholas_daley_ presents SS23 Calypso T-Shirt, in collaboration with London based artist Kione Grandison and hand-made straw Panama crown hat in collaboration with @uptownyardieUK

Modelled by Adolphus (Tufa Tuff), a Hackney juice serving legend!

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In 2017, Rafael Hortala-Vallve & Nick Francis, created The Real Selfie Project. They intended to take their analogue photobooth from the 1970s on tour, to capture portraits & collect stories of their local community.

These images are Autograph with The Real Selfie Project, 2019.

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“Selfies and Stories from Hackney’s Windrush Generation”