Troy Patterson

Dec 19, 2023 | wmagazine.com | Jamel Shabazz |Ola Ebiti |Troy Patterson

From left: Grace Brown wears a Bottega Veneta sweater, skirt, and sandals; Pomellato earrings. Ifrah Qaasim wears a Loewe hoodie, skirt, and shoes; Polo Ralph Lauren turtleneck; Swarovski earrings. In 1980, at the age of 20, Jamel Shabazz returned to his native Brooklyn after serving in the Army. He started taking pictures of the world around him with his 35mm camera and soon became a virtuosic urban documentarian—a street-style genius before the genre had a name.