When does the exhibition tour take place?

The date is on 11.07.2026 at 15:00 in the Museum of Photography Braunschweig.

How much is the admission fee?

According to research, the regular museum admission is 5 euros, reduced is 3 euros. The tour is included in the admission.

Where does the event take place?

At the Museum of Photography Braunschweig, Helmstedter Str. 1, 38102 Braunschweig.

Is the museum accessible for people with disabilities?

Yes, the museum is accessible via a ramp.

Are there guided tours and educational offerings?

Yes, the museum offers guided tours, artist talks, readings, film screenings, and offerings for children and school classes.

Can you park on site?

Nearby, there are paid parking options available on Museumstraße.

Jamel Shabazz Brings New York's Street Poetry to Braunschweig

Name: Exhibition Tour: Jamel Shabazz. New York Moves and Black Communities
Start: 2026-07-11T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-11T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Museum für Photographie Braunschweig

Jamel Shabazz in Braunschweig: Photography, Identity and Street Life as an Artistic Experience

The exhibition tour of Jamel Shabazz. New York Moves and Black Communities at the Museum of Photography Braunschweig opens an impressive access to one of the most prominent positions of contemporary street photography. The exhibition showcases central bodies of work from the photographer, who grew up in Brooklyn and has portrayed people in public spaces in New York since the late 1970s, making fashion, pose, music, and community visible as expressions of a vibrant urban culture.

New York as a Stage of Everyday Life

Shabazz's photographs unfold their power from the immediate encounter. His portraits in the street combine documentary precision with aesthetic dignity. Faces, gestures, and postures become carriers of history, belonging, and self-assertion. The exhibition directs attention to Black communities in New York and to those moments when street life becomes a place of representation, resistance, and beauty.

Curatorial Perspective and Art Historical Classification

The Museum of Photography Braunschweig places Shabazz within the history of photography of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The presentation makes clear how closely his works are related to the tradition of street photography while simultaneously transcending this. The focus is not only on the urban image, but also on the social dimension of photographic practice: photography as a medium of visibility, as a cultural archive, and as a form of aesthetic experience.

Curated by Barbara Hofmann-Johnson and realized in cooperation with the Kunsthaus Nürnberg, the exhibition gains additional authority through its embedding in a curatorial network that takes photography as a socially relevant field of art seriously. Jamel Shabazz was awarded the Gordon Parks Foundation Prize in 2018; in 2022 he received a publication prize from the foundation. These recognitions underscore the art historical relevance of his work.

Education, Tours, and Cultural Education

The exhibition tour combines an examination of the works with art educational mediation. The museum sees itself as a place of dialogue and offers guided tours, artist talks, workshops, and formats for children and school classes. Particularly in the case of Shabazz, it becomes clear how much photography serves as cultural education: it sharpens perception of social environments, visual language, and the political dimension of the portrait.

Exhibition Atmosphere in the Museum of Photography

The spaces of the museum create the appropriate setting for this photographic journey. The presentation invites concentrated observation, slow perception, and an aesthetic experience in which light, motive, and the demeanor of the portrayed resonate with one another. Those who engage in the tour encounter not just images but a multifaceted urban memory.

This exhibition promises an intense artistic experience between urban energy, social observation, and photographic dignity. The tour is an invitation to discover Jamel Shabazz in the original and to experience the power of his images in the museum directly.