Tuesday, September 22, 2020 | 7:00 – 8:00 PM (EST)
This conversation will focus on Adreinne Waheed’s book, Black Joy and Resistance, which masterfully chronicles Black resistance and celebrates joyous energy and resilience in Black culture and communities throughout the diaspora, and Jamel Shabazz’s new book, City Metro. He is the author of numerous titles such as Sights in the City: New York Street Photographs,Men of Honor, A Time Before Crack, Pieces of a Man, Represent, Crossing 125th Street, Sights in the City, Back in the Days, and Seconds of my Life among others.
Adreinne Waheed is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work bears witness to and holds space for the beauty, brilliance and resilience of Black folks across the diaspora. She is an accomplished photo editor who, during her 20-year career, has produced shoots for Vibe, King and Essence magazines. Her photography has been published by The New York Times, National Geographic, Photo District News and The Fader. In 2010, she created the Waheed Photo Archive, a collection of found photographs of African-Americans from Civil War to the present. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) acquired the archive in 2015. Her self-published coffee table book, entitled Black Joy and Resistance, was released in December 2018 and is available now on Amazon.
Jamel Shabazz is known for his photographs of New York during the 1980’s. A documentary, fashion, and street photographer, he has authored 10 monographs. His photographs have been exhibited worldwide and his work is housed within the permanent collections of The Whitney Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture. Over the years, Shabazz has taught young students at the Studio Museum in Harlem’s “Expanding the Walls” project, and The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture “Teen Curators” program. Shabazz is the 2018 recipient of the Gordon Parks award for documentary photography, and a member of the photo collective, Kamoinge.
Please RSVP: nyuiaaa-cbvc-events@nyu.edu by September 21st. Link/invitation to join for virtual discussion will be sent to those who RSVP. Please make sure to state the event name and date in your email.