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Picture Show: A Side of Kingston, Jamaica, the Tourist Never Sees
In 2008 and in 2009, the photographer Caroll Taveras ventured to Jamaica on two assignments, one for Culture and Travel and another for The...
03.05.10
"When you get sent out on an assignment, even great assignments, you're following a checklist," she says. "But I always try to do something for myself. After I cover the ground I have to cover, I look for a few other things. Of course, music is such a big thing in Jamaica, and I, personally, was obsessed with dancehall girls."
What follows is a selection of photographs from Kingston, Jamaica, through the lens of Caroll Taveras. This is a Jamaica you might not see in tourist brochures, and it's all the more beautiful for it.
Leonardo
Kymane, dancehall girl
Rose Town
Hill Shire Beach
Sands
Hill Shire Beach
Preparing chicken, Rose Town
Southside Kingston
Boy, Rock Tower
Kids, Trenchtown Reading Center
Mr. Black and kids
Young journalist in Mocho, Jamaica
Mural, art by Danny Coxsone
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