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Product Identifiers
PublisherpowerHouse Books
ISBN-101576872130
ISBN-139781576872130
eBay Product ID (ePID)30974649
Product Key Features
Book TitleTime before Crack
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMinority Studies, Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop, Subjects & Themes / Portraits & Selfies, Popular Culture
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, Social Science, Photography
AuthorTerrence Jennings
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight31 Oz
Item Length10.6 in
Item Width8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-045808
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingA
Photographed byShabazz, Jamel
Afterword byRodriguez, James
Dewey Decimal779/.99747/100496073
SynopsisOnce upon a time before crack, inner city communities were blighted by poverty and unemployment - but not by the drug wars that tore families apart, destroying lives with needless violence and addiction. Jamel Shabazz was on the scene in the time before crack, capturing faces and places of an era that has long since disappeared. Best known as Hip Hop's finest fashion photographer and author of Back in the Days, Shabazz revisited his archives to unearth this extraordinary collection of never-before-published photographs., Deeply unpretentious and undistracted by the trendy new aesthetics or technologies, Mr. Shabazz is the best kind of photojournalist: one driven simply by curiosity about other human beings. Ken Johnson, " The New York Times " Once upon a time before crack, inner city communities were blighted by poverty and unemployment but not by the drug wars that tore families apart, destroying lives with needless violence and mindless addiction. Once upon a time before crack, pride and style were as inseparable as a beatbox and mixtape, or as a pair of shoes and matching purse. Once upon a time before crack, Jamel Shabazz was on the scene, working the streets of New York City, capturing the faces and places of an era that have long since disappeared. Best known as Hip Hop s finest fashion photographer for his blockbuster best-selling monograph, "Back in the Days" (powerHouse Books, 2001), Shabazz revisited his archive and unearthed an extraordinary collection of never-before-published documentary photographs collected for his third powerHouse Books release, "A Time Before Crack," a visual diary of the streets of New York City from the mid-seventies to the mid-eighties, Shabazz s distinctive photographs reveal the families, the poses, and the players who made this age extraordinary.", Following the blockbuster success of "Back in the Days," Shabazz captures the style and spirit of an era long gone. Documenting the streets of New York City from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, his photographs reveal the families, the poses, and the players who made this age extraordinary., A Times Before Crack, Jamel Shabazz's follow up to his blockbuster "Back in the Days captures the styles and spirit of an era now carried in the hearts and minds of millions--New York City's street scene prior to the advent of the crack epidemic that destroyed countless lives. Once upon a time before crack inner city communities were blighted by poverty and unemployment--but not by the drug wars that tore families apart, destroying lives with needless violence and mindless addiction. Once upon a time before crack, pride and style were as inseparable as a beatbox and mixtape, or as a pair if shoes and matching purse. Once upon a time before crack, Jamel Shabazz was on the scene, working the streets of New York City, capturing the faces and places of an era that have long since disappeared. Best known as hip hop's finest fashion photographer for his blockbuster best-selling monograph, "Back in the Days, Shabazz revisited his archive and unearthed an extraordinary collection of never-before-published documentary photographs collected for his third powerHouse Books release, "A Time Before Crack. A visual diary of the streets of New York City from the mid-70s to the mid-80s, Shabazz's distinctive photographs reveal the families, the poses, and the players who made this age extraordinary.
LC Classification NumberTR659.8.S53 2005
Text byAhearn, Charlie
