He picked up the camera at the young age of 15 yrs old, a 110 Kodak Instamatic and stared to document family and friends. Jamel was inspired by photographers like Leonard Freed and James Van Der Zee. Jamel was marveled with their documentation of the African American Community.
Jamel purchased a Canon AE-1 camera and embarked upon a 35 yr journey documenting various culture and people, building a massive body of work, from Fashion, Documentary and fine arts. His camera led him to what would become a remarkable chronicle of the early years of hip hop style, complete with swaggering B-Boys rocking shell-toe Adidas sneakers, fuzzy Kangol caps and thick black Cazal glasses.
Jamel Shabazz was born in the 1960'2 in Brooklyn, New York. He is a Documentary Photographer. He gain recognition through his various books, exhibitions and editorial magazine work.
His photograph have appeared in the 2007 documentary film Planet B-Boy, and such exhibition as the 2008 "Street Art Street Life: From the 1950's to now" in the Bronx Museum of the Arts and as the album cover Art for the 2011 hip hop album undun by the Roots.
Shabazz also appeared in the Cheryl Dunn 2010 documentary Everybody Street, about photographers who used New York City Street life as a major subject in their work.
In 2008 curator Shantrelle Lewis paid homage to Shabazz with "The Shout Out: A lonely Crusade,Homage to Jamel Shabazz.
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