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Pieces of a Man

nadjib — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 03:04:51 +0000

Jamel Shabazz was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. At the age of fifteen, he picked up his first camera and started to document his peers. Inspired by photographers Leonard Freed, James Van Der Zee, and Gordon Parks, he was marveled with their documentation of the African American community. In 1980 as a concerned photographer with a clear vision he embarked on a mission to extensively document various aspects of life in New York City, from youth culture to a wide range of social conditions. Due to its spontaneity and uniqueness, the streets and subway system became backdrops for many of his photographs. His many solo exhibitions include “Men of Honor”, “A Time Before Crack”, “Pieces of a Man”, “Represent”, When Two Worlds Meet”, “Back in the Days,” and “Seconds of my Life” shown from Argentina to The Netherlands, England, Italy, Germany, France, Japan and throughout the United States. He has been a significant presence in multiple museum exhibitions of contemporary photography. He has been a teaching artist with the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation; the Bronx Museum’s Teen Council youth program, The International Center of Photography, Friends of the Island Academy; and the Studio Museum in Harlem’s Expanding the Walls Project.

The impression this beautifully produced book offers is the work of a man who is able to capture the myriad moods and conflicts and joys of the people on the street who capture his interest. The images are in both black and white and in rich color and span the age of people form infant to the elderly. In addition to the visual splendors of the book are the erudite essays by Paul Farber, Akintoka Hanif, Terrence Jennings and Sohail Daulatzal.

Jamel Shabazz @ Paris Photo L.A.

nadjib — Fri, 01 May 2015 14:24:00 +0000

A 19h Pacific time, ce soir, dans les studios de la Paramount, s’ouvre le 3ème Paris Photo Los Angeles. 79 galeries de 17 pays ont répondu présentes. 39 d’entre elles ont choisi un solo show cette année. Jamel Shabazz sera représenté par la Hardhitta Gallery en prévision de son prochain livre aux éditions Taschen.

Nomads Magazine N°4

nadjib — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 15:01:16 +0000

Bienvenu dans l’univers de Nomads Magazine. Lauri Lyons (rédacteur en chef) nous surprend une fois de plus avec une édition remplie de belles découvertes et de riches surprises. Nous avons le plaisir d’apparaître dans ce dernier numéro (p°94).

Panic in Detroit : Photographs of Michigan Underground by Leni Sinclair (Mike Kelley foundation)

nadjib — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:39:45 +0000

Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair is the great, unsung artist of the counter-culture. As the wife of radical activist John Sinclair, Leni Sinclair was uniquely positioned to document the fascinating youth revolution that took place in Detroit in the ’60s. In 1964 the Sinclairs founded the Artist’s Workshop, which was conceived as a gathering place for poets, musicians and writers. By 1967 the Workshop had evolved into the Trans-Love Energies Commune, and the following year the Sinclairs founded the White Panther Party in solidarity with the Black Panther Party. Met with the aggressive tactics of the Detroit Police Department, the Sinclair circle became increasingly radicalized, and finally reached a point of advocating « a total assault on the culture by any means necessary. » Unique to the Sinclair’s brand of organized resistance was a belief in « revolution by rock’n'roll. » The White Panther Party’s minister of culture was the MC5, a rabble-rousing quintet formed in 1967, whose outrageous concerts were conceived as catalysts for change. John Sinclair managed the band, and during his years in Detroit he booked hundreds of concerts: All the major musical figures of the counter-culture – Hendrix, John Lennon, the Who, and Janis Joplin, among others – passed through Detroit. Beat poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder did residencies there, and radical leaders –Abbie Hoffman, Huey Newton, Jane Fonda, William Kunstler – came to offer support. There were love-ins, riots, hootenannies, armed confrontations with the police, and endless committee meetings of earnest longhairs, gathered in rooms with walls plastered with posters of Malcolm X, Mao, and Huey Newton. It was a period of unprecedented upheaval in Detroit; this is the story Leni Sinclair’s photographs tell. This book is publised by Mike Kelley.