In the autumn of 1972, I had just finished filming A Warm December with Sidney Poitier. I was in New York at a party hosted by Island Records, and that’s where I first met Bob. He and the Wailers had recently signed with the label and he was in the city for promotional work.
I was at a stage in my life where I was fed up of repeating other people’s ideas and voices as an actress. I wanted to find another way to express myself. I had been learning the craft of photography through my friend Francine Winham, and I decided to put aside my acting career to document Bob Marley and the Wailers for their forthcoming album Catch a Fire. My then partner, Chris Blackwell – co-founder of Island – asked me to guide the group and help transform them into international artists.
