Jamel Shabazz

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jamel Shabazz
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	Jul 13, 1960(1960-07-13)
Age	64
Birthplace	Brooklyn
Country	United States
Birth City	New York State
Horoscope	Cancer

Jamel Shabazz Biography

Jamel Shabazz is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on July 13, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York State, United States. Fine art, fashion, and documentary photographer whose work has been seen in solo exhibitions around the world. He is known for his love of documenting culture and history through photographs.

Both he and Robert Frank gained fame as photographers and documentarians.

In 2016 Shabazz was portrayed by Cedric Benjamin in the second episode of Luke Cage. A fictionalized version of Shabazz appears in a flashback where he meets street thug Pop and his companions Cornell Stokes and Fredo Diaz, and asked them to pose for a picture, which they agreed to. In the following years, Pop kept a copy of the photo with him.

He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.

Jamel Shabazz Net Worth

Jamel Shabazz is one of the richest Photographer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jamel Shabazz 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At fifteen years old, he picked up his first camera and began taking photos of his friends and peers.

He has appeared in several documentaries including 2007’s Planet B-Boy and 2010’s Everybody Street.

His photographs have appeared in the 2007 documentary film Planet B-Boy and such exhibitions as the 2008 “Street Art Street Life: From the 1950s 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 have used New York City street life as a major subject in their work”. In 2008, curator Shantrelle Lewis paid homage to Shabazz with “The Shoot Out: A Lonely Crusade, Homage to Jamel Shabazz”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Jamel Shabazz Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Jamel Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jamel Shabazz celebrates birthday on July 13 of every year.

What is Jamel Shabazz known for?

Although Shabazz is best known for posed photographs of urban-styled young Black people in Brooklyn , he has also been taking candid street photographs since he returned in 1980 from serving in the army in Germany, equipped with a 35-millimeter Canon AE-1 camera.

Who inspired Jamel Shabazz?

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.

How old is Jamel Shabazz?

About 62 years (1960)

How Jamel Shabazz creates his street portraits?

Shabazz says of his frequent after-work photoshoots, “I had to go out on the streets and gain my balance by tapping joy, tapping into brotherhood and unity.” He would photograph around East Flatbush, often using his 28mm wide- angle lens.

Who was the first black photographer?

Gordon Parks , born with an eye for the world and its indifferences, worked beyond poverty and became the first African American Photographer to create work for the Life Magazine. Gordon Parks within the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., in August 1963.