Who Says Old-Fashioned Street Photography Is Dead? Stylish Photos Of The Early Years Of Hip-Hop Culture In NYC. Born in Brooklyn in the 1960s, Jamel Shabazz made it his mission to document his African American community in Brooklyn.
This lively body of work captures the energy of life on the streets of the Big Apple back when graffiti and hip-hop were first emerging. Born in the 1960s, Shabazz began shooting at the age of 15 and was thus able to closely document his generation as they fought for civil rights, struggled through the Vietnam War, and experimented with new forms of fashion. His work focused on a number of different facets of his community such as youth culture and a range of social conditions. As Shabazz began to photograph his surroundings, stories would unfold in colorful ways with the spontaneous backdrops of the subway system and street art.
His photographs capture a younger version of the iconic city that seems to be still defining itself and growing up. Via Fubiz. Beautiful Color Photographs of Harlem in the 1970s ~ vintage everyday. Jack Garofolo (1923-2004) was a photographer for Paris Match magazine in the 1960’s and 70’s.
During one trip to the United States in the summer of 1970, Garofalo captured these amazing photographs of Harlem and it’s residents, really exposing the feeling of the neighborhood. When he got back to Paris after spending 6 weeks here, the magazine placed his images on the cover of the October 1970 issue. (Photos: Jack Garafalo/Paris Match via Getty Images. Curation: Mashable/Retronaut)
Don't Call Clay Benskin a Street Photographer. Clay Benskin weaves his way through the crowded sidewalks of Lower Manhattan, apparently invisible to the people streaming past him.
He is not a small man. Yet even as his camera gets to within inches of someone’s face, the person doesn’t flinch. “People will stand in front of me and not pay me any mind,” Mr. Benskin said. “I guess I have no presence.” His photographs, on the other hand, do. Not that he considers himself to be a street photographer, even if he graduated from a smartphone to a high-quality compact camera. “To me, it’s just a hobby,” he insists. Photo His day job — which he has had for 25 years — is at a Tribeca apartment building, where he now works as the superintendent. “He was showing me pictures of some models and stuff,” Mr. He began by doing still lives, but he ventured into the street, too. Mr. Mr. “I think they’re great,” he said “He’s a civilian, but he has a great eye, clearly. Part of that look comes from Mr. “I grew up going to clubs,” he said. An Old-Fashioned Camera in a Digital Age.
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