Begin Your Journey With Back In The Days Fashioned By Jamel Shabazz In Electronic Format

opposite of candid, it turns out, is fascinating, All these peopletableaus. All this arm folding. And so many exquisitely choreographed pagespreads, Beautiful Photography amp Art! I Truly Loved It! Great photographs, Shows some of the last nonconsumerist, unconventional movements in Black fashion concerned with Black pride and empowerment, Read Hebdige's 'Subculture' to get a more textual explanation behind the pictures, This is an photography collection of hip hop, graffiti culture from, Loved it. these pictures are really cute, apparently, back in the days, couples were into holding hands and wearing matching outfits and accessories, i could get into the late's hand holding and public cuddle, definitely, but i dunno about matching eyewear, I'm not sure how this came to my attention maybe in that Bibliophile book I read last year and it just took over a month to get to me from Fresno State but I am so happy it did.
I love this kind of photography the kind where the photographer is so very in touch with the people and places they're photographing that you can practically feel the soul shining through.
Beautiful.

And, of course, all the accoutrements of thes are also pretty awesome, The clothing! The accessories! The glasses were sooo big! Did people really wear that many hats of such fantastic types I certainly wasn't in New York in thes, so I can't say for sure, but I was around and some of the things I saw really took me back.
Mmmmm! Reminded me of elements of my childhood, Black joy is SO very important, A must have. "New York City where else could I get away with this shit, . . " love love love these photos! This collection of Shabazz's photography is a must see for anyone interested in the development of "urban" culture, hip hop and swagger in Brooklyn circa the's.
If you need more convincing, check out the galleries on his website: sitelink com/jsbitd. html

You should also do yourself a solid and google "boys wearing new wave sunglasses"especially if you're the kind of nerd who likes things related to Geordi La Forge and Next Gen.

Wonderful photos that represent the hiphop scene in thes, Beautiful. Great collection of photographs by Jamel Shabazz from NY, documenting in thes the roots of hiphop culture, Nice introduction by FabFreddy and afterword by Shabazz, but the bulk of the book is fullpage photographs some doublepage spreads in color and BampW.
Super dope. This book has the top shelf photos of NYC in the nascent era of hiphop, it's short on prose, long on pose, . .

There are not enough words of respect I have for the photographer/author for the documentation of such a fresh and authentic era of time, caught before this movement had a chance to get selfreflective and editorial about what was just happening as life.


This book was a super dope gift from Rudy, and I will keep it in my personal library and share it with my daughter when she starts asking about hiphop in the future.
great photos. lots that you've seen before, I've bought this booktimes and it keeps getting 'borrowed', keep this one somewhere safe! love this book, great photos Back in the Days documents the emerging Hip Hop scene frombefore it became what is today's multimilliondollar multinational industry, Back in the days, gangs would battle not with guns, but by breakdancing, Back in the days, the streetsnot corporate planningset the standards for style, Back in the days, Jamel Shabazz was on the scene, photographing everyday people hangin' in Harlem, kickin' it in Queens, and cold chillin' in Brooklyn.


Street styling with an attitude not seen in fashion for another twenty years to come, Shabazz's subjects strike poses that put supermodels to shameshowing off Kangol caps and Gazelle glasses, shelltop

Adidas and suede Pumas with fat laces, shearling coats and leather jackets, gold rope chains, doorknocker earrings, name belts, boom boxes, and other designer finery.
For anyone who wants to know what "keepin' it real" means, Back in the Days is the book of your dreams, .