I place myself in situations where a lot of people are going to be, and bring a particular body of work that reflects the people already there. You h…

- Jamel Shabazz

There is just something about the common being. My education pretty much came from the streets, just connecting with people, different cultures. I ga…

- Jamel Shabazz

My camera is my compass; it's guided me to so many different places.

- Jamel Shabazz

When you look at my photos, just look into the eyes of my subjects. The eyes say so much.

- Jamel Shabazz

What I strive to do through my work, is to teach compassion. You need to have a lot of it, in this day and time, and it's lacking.

- Jamel Shabazz

Photography is humbling, it really is, and it really allows for me to atone for some of the missteps I've made throughout the course of my life.

- Jamel Shabazz

Sometimes we are just divided, but we still, for the most part, we have similar hopes and dreams.

- Jamel Shabazz

I remember growing up and hearing the word "ugly" a lot. "I'm ugly." "She ugly." "He ugly." I hated it then, and I hate it now. I go past physical be…

- Jamel Shabazz

The photograph is to a great degree evidence of the conversation I had with the person. It's a part of my visual diary.

- Jamel Shabazz