1. Which of the artist's many technical choices are of interest to you and why?
Shabazz generally uses people of color within his personal work. They're all usually straight forward portraitures of people he finds on the streets of New York. The way he goes about choosing his subjects are based on their clothes or ethnicity because Shabazz focuses on preserving history and culture. All of his photographs are clearly taken in that moment he stumbles upon a subject that catches his eye. These technical decisions stand out to me because it gives me a new approach in taking portraits of people.
2. What do you believe are the artist's conceptual and/or thematic intentions?
Shabazz uses his camera as a vehicle for conversing with his subjects, spending many hours with them before actually shooting. He wishes to bring out confidence and style in each of his subjects; he wishes for them to take pride in who they are and where they have come from. Therefore his reasoning behind preserving history and culture. I believe Shabazz chooses these groups of people because they are usually not properly presented to the public with false ideas and twisted claims.
3. How do you personally respond to these choices and intents?
I really appreciate his contribution in preserving culture and history through his art. Shabazz's personal art is meant mainly for his subjects, not for aesthetics or commercialism. He focuses more on how the act of taking a stranger's photograph impacts them internally. On the other hand, many people take photographs for their own wants or publicity as opposed to Shabazz. I respect his artwork being mostly for the confidence and persona or others.
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