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Amberation (Magazine)
Amberation Magazine is a cross-cultural magazine orginated in Jamaica that focuses on art, music, food, sports, politics and style. Amberation was founded by Jamaican creative, Lawrence L. Deacon, who founded the magazine in November 2014.
| Editor | Nia Mitchell |
|---|---|
| Categories | Art |
| Founder | Lawrence L. Deacon |
| Founded | November 2014 |
| Company | Amberation |
| Country | Jamaica |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.amberation.com[1] |
History
Amberation was created by Jamaican graphic designer, illustrator and creative director Lawrence L. Deacon in November 2014. Originally the Amberation brand was a website curated for inspirational purposes;the original site consisted of inspirational quotes attached to photographs taken by Lawrence himself. Lawrence later re branded Amberation into a magazine aimed at highlighting underground and non-mainstream talents and creatives from all over the world involved in art, music, food, politics and style. Amberation features these underground talents in aim of giving those who may not gain recognition by mainstream media organization, an opportunity for their story to be shared and their talent to be showcased worldwide. Amberation's first interviewed feature was in 2017.
Operation
Amberation (Magazine) has weekly features of underground talents from all over the world and attracts a global audience of 12,000 people. Since its conception Amberation has featured photographers, musicians, skateboarders, artists and a whole plethora of other talents. Amberation has featured big names in Jamaican music such as Tifa and upcoming talents like Jane Macgizmo[2], Kyraxx[3] and the son of reggae legend Garnet Silk, Garnet Silk Jnr[4]. Amberation has also done business features; highlighting young CEO for Sienna Sauce, Tyla-Simone Crayton[5].