New York City-based photographer, filmmaker and self-professed ‘pop-culture junkie’ Lyle Owerko shot the JVC M70 – the quintessential audio device of the 1980s – for his acclaimed series The Boombox Project. In this photographic typology, Owerko represents an era of discovery and sonic innovation that launched the hip hop movement. The monumental size of the present work reinforces the significance of the boombox as an icon of popular culture. Another Boombox image is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.