Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Raz-Russo, Michal
2. George, Nelson
3. Kunhardt, Peter W., Jr., 1982-
4. Willis, Deborah, 1948-
5. Wilson, Leslie M.
6. Gordon Parks Foundation

Description

1. 319 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color); 30 cm

Summary

1. "The influential New York photographer Jamel Shabazz has created portraits of the city's communities for over 40 years. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Shabazz began photographing people he encountered on New York streets in the late 1970s, creating an archive of cultural shifts and struggles across the city. His portraits underscore the street as a space for self-presentation, whether through fashion or pose. In every instance Shabazz aims, in his words, to represent individuals and communities with "honor and dignity." This book - awarded the Gordon Parks Foundation / Steidl Book Prize - presents, for the first time, Shabazz's work from the 1970s to '90s as it exists in his archive: small prints thematically grouped and sequenced in traditional family photo albums that function as portable portfolios. Shabazz began making portraits in the mid-1970s in Brooklyn, Queens, the West Village and Harlem. His camera was also at his side while working as an officer at Rikers Island in the 1980s, where he took portraits of inmates that he later shared with their friends and families. Shabazz had his rolls of color film processed at a one-hour photo shop that provided two copies of each print: he typically gave one to his sitters, and the second he organized into changing albums to be shown to future subjects. This book features selections from over a dozen albums, many never-before-seen, and includes his earliest photographs as well as images taken inside Rikers Island, all accompanied by essays that situate Shabazz's work within the broader history of photography."--

Uniform title

1. Photographs. Selections

Alternative title

1. Photographs.
2. Albums

Subject

1. Shabazz, Jamel, 1960-
2. Photograph albums -- New York (State) -- New York
3. Portrait photography -- New York (State) -- New York
4. Street photography -- New York (State) -- New York
5. Photography of families
6. African American families -- Portraits
7. African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Portraits
8. African Americans
9. African American families
10. Photograph albums
11. Portrait photography
12. Street photography
13. New York (State) -- New York
14. United States

Genre/Form

1. Portraits.
2. Photobooks.

Contents

1. (from table of contents) Foreword / Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr. -- Looking B[l]ack: Jamel Shabazz / Deborah Willis -- Attitude as life force / Nelson George -- Jamel Shabazz: albums / Michal Raz-Russo -- "Dig and be dug in return": Jamel Shabazz, the street, and photography / Leslie M. Wilson -- Albums.

Call number

1. Sc F 24-99

Note

1. "The Gordon Parks Foundation."
2. "Series Editor, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr."--Title page.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Awards (note)

1. The Gordon Parks Foundation / Steidl Book Prize, 2022

Author

1. Shabazz, Jamel, 1960- photographer.

Title

1. Jamel Shabazz : albums / edited by Michal Raz-Russo ; with contributions by Nelson George, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., Michal Raz-Russo, Deborah Willis, Leslie M. Wilson.

Publisher

1. Göttingen, Germany : Steidl, 2022.

Copyright date

1. ©2022

Edition

1. First edition.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Awards

1. The Gordon Parks Foundation / Steidl Book Prize, 2022

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Raz-Russo, Michal, editor, contributor.
2. George, Nelson, contributor.
3. Kunhardt, Peter W., Jr., 1982- contributor.
4. Willis, Deborah, 1948- contributor.
5. Wilson, Leslie M., contributor.
6. Shabazz, Jamel, 1960- Works. Selections.
7. Gordon Parks Foundation.

ISBN

1. 9783969990957 hardback
2. 3969990955 hardback

Research call number

1. Sc F 24-99
2. JMF 23-291