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Once upon a time before crack, inner city communities were blighted by poverty, but not by the drug wars that destroyed lives. 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... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview