I think that's what the war photography did for me. It showed me the human side of people and how certain circumstances… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
I do believe in angels and I believe that a lot of these people I'm supposed to meet. The photograph serves as… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
I think that photography has allowed me to have a voice. I used to stutter, and once I overcame that struggle, it… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
The images of war inspired me to create, to go to different situations and communities, to document the human side of people,… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
For me, the stars are the invisible people on the street that people don't really get a chance to know. — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
I place myself in situations where a lot of people are going to be, and bring a particular body of work that… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
I read a recent statistic that eighty-seven percent of women are dissatisfied with themselves, and over forty-seven percent of men. My work… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
There was a time in my life that I may not have been that nice, and now I'm in a position to… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
I remember growing up and hearing the word "ugly" a lot. "I'm ugly." "She ugly." "He ugly." I hated it then, and… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
I think what it was with the war photography was the concerned eye, the desire to document these situations to show the… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
There is just something about the common being. My education pretty much came from the streets, just connecting with people, different cultures.… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
The majority of the people I've taken photographs of, I've had conversations with. "What are your goals and aspirations?" "What are you… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
When a photographer or a person sees your beauty, your inner beauty, it makes you feel special like, "Wow, someone saw that within me." — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
What I strive to do through my work, is to teach compassion. You need to have a lot of it, in this day and… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
Sometimes we are just divided, but we still, for the most part, we have similar hopes and dreams. — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
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… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
I'm shooting a gangbanger, but as a dignified man. That's pretty much what war photography did: seeing images of soldiers in a dignified way.… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
The majority of the people I've taken photographs of, I've had conversations with. "What are your goals and aspirations?" "What are you about?" It's… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
Philip Jones Griffith documented the Vietnam War, and through his images that were published in Time Life Magazine, it showed me the horrors of… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
The images of war inspired me to create, to go to different situations and communities, to document the human side of people, to show… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
I read a recent statistic that eighty-seven percent of women are dissatisfied with themselves, and over forty-seven percent of men. My work is visu-medicine… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
I think that photography has allowed me to have a voice. I used to stutter, and once I overcame that struggle, it felt good… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
I think what it was with the war photography was the concerned eye, the desire to document these situations to show the world the… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
I wanted to go amongst gangbangers, to understand this war they were fighting amongst each other. I wanted to document it, [also] to show… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
There is just something about the common being. My education pretty much came from the streets, just connecting with people, different cultures. I gained… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
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… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share
