Jamal Shabazz: Albums
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For more than four decades, Brooklyn photographer Jamel Shabazz has documented the people and neighborhoods of New York City through powerful street photography that celebrates identity, style, and community. Jamel Shabazz: Albums brings together photographs from the 1970s through the 1990s, many published for the first time, presented as they originally appeared in the artist's personal family-style photo albums. Winner of the Gordon Parks Foundation/Steidl Book Prize, this photography book includes early work from Brooklyn, Harlem, Queens, and the West Village, along with rare images made inside Rikers Island. Thoughtful essays provide additional context, making this an essential volume for readers interested in documentary photography, Black history, New York City, visual culture, and contemporary art.
About the Artist:
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Jamel Shabazz (born 1960) picked up his first camera at the age of 15 and began documenting his communities, inspired by photographers such as Leonard Freed, James Van Der Zee and Gordon Parks. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including those at the Brooklyn Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Shabazz is the author of Back in the Days (2001) and Sights in the City (2017).
Hardcover / 319 pages
Dimensions: 9.5" x 11.75"
Organized by the Brooklyn Museum, Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys brings together monumental contemporary art and historic masterworks from the personal collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. On view from September 19, 2026 – February 28, 2027 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, this landmark exhibition explores Black identity, creativity, power, and cultural legacy through the work of some of today's most influential artists. |
Jamal Shabazz: Albums
