About This Item

  • TitleFlatbush 1988
  • Call NumberSHBZ_0053
  • Cite AsJamel Shabazz photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryInterior view of an African American man standing behind an African American boy, seated, whose hair he is styling into dreadlocks. The location is Flatbush; the exact location is unknown.
  • Date1988
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : color ; 5 x 4 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraitssnapshots
  • NoteDate inscribed on verso: 1988. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorShabazz, Jamel, 1960-
  • SubjectAfrican American boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; African American men -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dreadlocks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hairdressing of African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionJamel Shabazz photograph collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerShabazz, Jamel, 1960-