Bob Marley’s Exodus, 1977-2007: 30 years of Rebel Music.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the release of one of the greatest albums of all time – Bob Marley’s Exodus – Genesis Publications is releasing 30 anniversary copies of Kate Simon’s acclaimed photo book, Rebel Music: Bob Marley and Roots Reggae.

Rebel Music: Bob Marley and Roots Reggae is a limited edition book of just 2,000 copies featuring over 400 photos – most of which have never been published before – drawn from Kate Simon’s extensive archive.

The 30 anniversary copies – that form part of the limited edition of 2000 – each come with an additional 10x8 inch, silver-gelatin archival print, unique to every copy and signed by the photographer. These prints were used in the actual making of the book.

Kate Simon first met Bob Marley when she photographed him playing at London’s Lyceum Theatre in 1975. Their relationship continued until his death in 1981, when she photographed his funeral. In 1977 Kate was asked to join Bob and his band, The Wailers, on a European tour to promote his latest album, Exodus.

The result is an extraordinary collection of images, a tour de force in documentary photography. She captured it all: Marley's nightly shamanic performances; birthday celebrations on the tour bus; Bob, with heavily bandaged foot, contemplating, in quiet shock, a possible future for himself as he stands in a warehouse full of artificial limbs; the endless games of football played in rehearsals, and hotel rooms; the group's joyous devotion to the Rastafarian faith; the airports and aeroplanes; the smiles; the occasional frowns; the jamming and, of course, the group's religious dedication to marijuana.

These photographs -  and many more of Bob in Jamaica and the UK,  taken between 1975 and 1981 – are collected in the book Rebel Music: Bob Marley and Roots Reggae, a limited edition of 2,000 copies only.