For the cover of Grace Jones' new album, Hurricane, which I am listening to right now and really digging, some confectionery engineers mass produced Grace Jones heads, Grace Jones arms, Grace Jones legs and other delicious, antioxidant-rich Grace Jones body parts out of chocolate (no word yet on whether they made the part your dad ordered.)
Read the whole story at the Creative Review Blog.
But once the promotional push is over, what are they gonna do with all that chocolate diva?
-- Jason Harper
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Holla to ya Markie, I know Pogus's work well i have been following him for year, yes years and years.
He uses the old style Canon film cameras, and boy can you see the grain in them - some beautiful old skool magic.
that's an interesting title muzika kinda sweet. my folks used to shout something like that whenever a great song came on the jukebox. good to see so many reggae bands in this book, people need to know there are other greats who came from jamaica.
A salute to Grace Jones as she hits the cover of Britain's independent newspaper.
A book of photographs by Pogus Caesar celebrating Britain's iconic black musicians is to be published next month.
The book features evocative, nostalgic and largely unpublished images of musical legends like Stevie Wonder, Grace Jones and Lee �Scratch� Perry.
Most of Caesar�s photography is based around his home city of Birmingham, documenting a spectrum of well-known personalities and recording significant events including the Handsworth riots, Birmingham tornado and the regeneration of the Bullring.
�These images record a unique period in what would come to be called black British life,� remarks author and historian Paul Gilroy.
�Pogus Caesar�s emphatically analog art is rough and full of insight. He conveys the transition between generations, mentalities and economies.�
Legendary reggae artists figures prominently, and appropriately, in the Caesar image canon - Burning Spear, The Wailers, Augustus Pablo, Rita Marley, Mighty Diamonds, Black Uhuru, Sly Dunbar, Steel Pulse etc. The photographer cites reggae itself is a significant influence, reflecting his own St Kitts background in the Eastern Caribbean.
The launch of Muzika Kinda Sweet follows an exhibition of the work at the Oom Gallery in Birmingham earlier this year.
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