"Located in Brooklyn, Prospect Park, 300 acres smaller than the Manhattan landmark, has a specifically insular quality. A surrounding urban horizon is obscured from view by old-growth forest and 175 species of trees; the park is beholden to its own rhythms, with natural waterfalls, grand lawns stretched across the borough's glacial rock formations, and fewer adjacent towering buildings. Visiting feels like a quiet reprieve."
"Shabazz has lovingly documented his city since 1980 (or earlier, if you count an adolescent stint with his mother's Kodak Instamatic), photographing Black and brown New Yorkers of all ages with tender reverence: on the train, at the boardwalk, impeccably dressed, always camera-ready; Shabazz ensures his subjects are collaborative participants in the image-making. He has chronicled his work across several chapters"
Prospect Park occupies a secluded Brooklyn landscape, roughly 300 acres smaller than the Manhattan landmark, defined by old-growth forest, 175 species of trees, natural waterfalls, grand lawns, and glacial rock formations. The park often obscures the urban horizon, producing an insular rhythm and a quiet reprieve from surrounding development. Jamel Shabazz photographed the park and its diverse Black and brown visitors across decades, portraying subjects collaboratively and with tender reverence in scenes ranging from trains and boardwalks to community gatherings and cultural moments. He organized park negatives during the Covid-19 lockdown and presented those images publicly in 2021.
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