Roger Steffens: Over 30 years Documenting Reggae and Marley

For over 30 years, Roger Steffens has earned a reputation as an authority on Bob Marley and the Wailers. The massive archive of Marley/reggae memorabilia at his Los Angeles home has attracted reggae’s elite and Hollywood A-listers like Leonardo DiCaprio.

But Steffens had a cache of slides close to his heart under lock-and-key for almost 50 years. With the help of his children, they have been digitised, posted on Instagram and become subject of feature stories in Time and New Yorker magazines, and on CNN.

Most of the photos were taken by Steffens, his first wife, and his friend, famed American war correspondent Tim Page. They cover Steffens’ service in the Vietnam War, his year-long stint in Morocco and his first visit to Jamaica in 1976.

Read the full story on Jamaica Observer.