Jamel Shabazz Talk

Following the talk, Shabazz’s earlier books, “Albums” and “Pieces of a Man” will be available for sale and signing, along with exhibition posters commemorating this hugely successful show at the Bronx Documentary Center.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Jamel Shabazz attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice before devoting himself full-time to photography. Inspired by the work of Gordon Parks, James Van Der Zee, and others, Shabazz has sought to document life in New York City in all its complexity. His work has been featured in several exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem, including his 2017 solo show Jamel Shabazz: Crossing 125th. 

He has been included in solo and group exhibitions at the Central Library branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana, the Nasher Museum at Duke University, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Shabazz maintains a commitment to young people’s access to photography, and has served as a teaching artist for the Studio Museum’s Expanding the Walls program, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, the Bronx Museum’s Teen Council youth program, the International Center of Photography, Friends of Island Academy, and the Mural Arts program in Germantown, Pennsylvania, among others.