Tag: Jamel Shabazz
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The Photo Issue: The Real Americana – Washington Post
The Photo Issue: The Real Americana These images capture a joy, pride and love of a country that speak to the true American spirit. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/interactive/2022/robin-givhan-american-flag-race-photography/ In Andre Wagner’s single image of a Black child gripping a small, wrinkled American flag in one hand while the other rests pensively on her chin, Wagner…
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Jamel Shabazz: Proud Street Culture on Display – The New York Times
Jamel Shabazz: Proud Street Culture on Display He chronicled the fashion shifts of stylish young Black New Yorkers in the 1980s and ’90s in photographs celebrated at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/arts/design/bronx-museum-jamel-shabazz-photography.html When Jamel Shabazz was a teenager in Brooklyn, a gang member opened his eyes to the power of photography. Shabazz…
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Why Jamel Shabazz Is New York’s Most Vital Street Photographer
Why Jamel Shabazz Is New York’s Most Vital Street Photographer Since the early 1980s, Shabazz has captured the energy of street life and hip-hop culture in New York, making indelible images of joy, style, and community. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/why-jamel-shabazz-is-new-yorks-most-vital-street-photographer/ New York is a ghost town. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the metropolis to a standstill.…
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Cologne: Reflections from the 80s by Jamel Shabazz at Hardhitta Gallery – The Eye of Photography
Link: Hardhitta Gallery is presenting its first exhibition of American photographer Jamel Shabazz through March 29th, 2015. The exhibition Reflections from the 80s will showcase eighteen photographs of New York City’s street vibes over the course of the decade.
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Jamel Shabazz’s 40 Years of Sights and Styles in New York – The New York Times
Jamel Shabazz’s 40 Years of Sights and Styles in New York When Jamel Shabazz began photographing New York in 1980, the city was recovering from one of its most tumultuous periods. By the late-1970s, New York was facing a faltering economy, a serious drug problem and the physical deterioration of many neighborhoods. New York was…
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Jamel Shabazz: Represent
Link: Jamel Shabazz: Represent (6 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day Although it’s too late to see Jamel Shabazz‘s “REPRESENT” at the Brooklyn Central Library, you will be able to bring them home in his new book, “REPRESENT: Photographs from 2005-2012