New photo book from FNG’s favourite street photographer, Boogie. The sixth monograph from the Serbian/American artist is titled “A Wah Do Dem” and it is based on his work in Kingston, Jamaica (here are some pictures shot during his early journeys to The Island, circa 2011). The book was published by Italy based Drago and for the first time ever is in color. Originally scheduled for September 2015, it will be available from February 2016 in bookshops and online.
Through his pictures, Boogie illustrates both the madness and humanity of a complex place, where poverty, violence and crime are often dominant elements of daily life. He relies on his instincts to gain the trust of people who live on the edge of society, and to photograph their world in an honest and objective way. “I was waiting in a back alley, all the way down the lane, in one of the sketchiest neighborhoods in Kingston. It was pitch dark, and it felt like I had been waiting forever. At some point, a guy wearing a creepy horror movie mask and carrying an M-16 appeared from the dark,” Boogie writes in his introductory text, “Even though I was brought there by a friend of a friend, I was really nervous, you never know when things might turn ugly. After a brief introduction, I started taking pictures of the guy, roll after roll, I couldn’t stop. It was the last night of my first trip to Kingston, Jamaica, and at that moment I knew I had to come back again very soon.”
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