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• Call NumberSHBZ_0100
• SummaryOne of three virtual video conversations with Jamel Shabazz about the artist’s long career and the personal and public impact of his work. Through oral history and images, Shabazz shares his biography, including the roles the military and prison have played in his father’s and his own life; his artistic process; his sense of politics and social justice; and the family album as an important early encounter with photography, among other subjects. Session 1: Origins and the photographic process; social documentary in the Vietnam War-era and beyond; the power of compassion. Interview conducted by Cora Fisher, curator of visual arts programming for BPL Presents, on February 9, 2022.
• Date2/9/2022
• Physical Description1 moving image file (1 hr., 4 mins.) : digital, MP4, color
• CreatorShabazz, Jamel, 1960-
• CollectionJamel Shabazz photograph collection
• Cite AsJamel Shabazz photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
• Formatmoving image
• Genreinterviews
• SubjectAfrican Americans ; African American photographers ; War photographers ; Photograph albums ; War photography ; Intrepid (Aircraft carrier) ; World War, 1939-1945 ; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 ; United States. Army ; Race relations ; Street photography ; Photojournalism ; Life (New York, N.Y.)
• PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Red Hook (New York, N.Y.)
• RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
• Copyright OwnerShabazz, Jamel, 1960-
• TitleConversations with Jamel Shabazz, part 1 of 3.
• Biographical NoteJamel Shabazz is a Brooklyn-born documentary, fashion and street photographer. He has authored nine monographs and contributed to over three dozen photography-related books. His work has been exhibited worldwide, and is housed in the permanent collections of the Studio Museum in Harlem; Whitney Museum of American Art; Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Fashion Institute of Technology; and Bronx Museum of the Arts. Brooklyn Public Library’s Center for Brooklyn History also holds a collection of his photographs.