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Adrian Boot

Photographer, UK

Adrian Boot is one of Britain's best-known music photographers. Adrian left university in 1970 and moved to Jamaica to teach physics, returning to Britain to freelance for the NME, Melody Maker, The Times, The Guardian, and The Face. By the mid-1970’s Adrian had become staff photographer for The Melody Maker. Moving on, Adrian has been chief photographer for Live Aid; for Nelson Mandela - Freedom at 70; for Roger Water’s The Wall in Berlin; for Greenpeace in the Soviet Union. Adrian has also worked with ORBIS, the flying eye hospital, in Africa; the British Council in Iraq and Jordan; for the Grateful Dead in Egypt and for Island Records in Jamaica, Colombia, Algeria, Nigeria and many other parts of the world. Adrian’s books include Babylon on a Thin Wire and Jah Revenge (both with Michael Thomas). With collaborator and friend Chris Salewicz: Bob Marley - Songs of Freedom; Firefly - Noel Coward in Jamaica; Midnights in Moscow - in the USSR with Billy Bragg; Punk - History of a Music Revolution and Reggae Explosion - The Story of Jamaican Music. Adrian and Exhibit-A have designed produced and toured: Song’s of Freedom - The Bob Marley Exhibition; The Ultimate Experience - Jimi Hendrix Exhibition; The Punk Exhibition, The ReggaeXplosion exhibition and Reggae Museum in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Adrian has also worked for the EPE at Graceland Memphis on the Elvis Presley photo archive and display. Adrian is involved in the fusion of computer technology, photography, film, DVD and internet technology and has worked closely on various DVD, Internet, Film, and CDR projects. Today Adrian Boot works with Island Outposts in Jamaica and the Caribbean pioneering the use HDR photography for resorts and travel. He also has various ongoing photographic projects in West Africa and India. He is the co-founder of www.urbanimage.tv