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LYLE OWERKO: BOOMBOX 36Lyle Owerko (American, b. 1968) Boombox 36, 2020 Archival pigment print, flush-mounted, in custom acrylic frame Signed and numbered in ink lower edge "10/50". 16 x 20 in. (sheet)FootnotesA self-professed "pop-culture junkie," Lyle Owerko's visual images have found an indelible place in the lexicon of pop culture and journalism. The photographer and filmmaker is best known for his perception and knowledge of urban movements, such as "The Boombox Project" that celebrates the quintessential big city accessory perched on shoulders or ornamenting front stoops, the icon of the punk, new wave, and hip-hop movements from the 1970s to the 1980s. In 2010, Abrams Image published a book of those photos, which included a foreword by Spike Lee Lyle's work can be seen in many museum and private collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, who possess part of his Boombox collection in their permanent archive of 20th century historically significant objects.