http://agreatdayinbrooklyn.org Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:44:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Brooklyn Influence" commemorates the one year anniversary of "A Great Day in Brooklyn" and "Another Great Day in Brooklyn", organized in June 2008 by Brooklyn-based community arts organization DOPE SWAN. Featuring the work of renowned documentarian Jamel Shabazz and visual storyteller Lafotographeuse, the exhibition doubles as a visual blueprint and ... http://agreatdayinbrooklyn.org/2009/09/26/brooklyn-influence-a-great-day-in-brooklyn/ [caption id="attachment_73" align="alignnone" width="500" caption=""Path to Enlightenment," 1997."][/caption] Check out A Great Day in Brooklyn photographer Jamel Shabazz's feature in The New York Times' online gallery. The series entitled "A Chronicle of Urban Life" is a mini collection of some of the artist's most poignant images, including two from his "Father's Day" ... http://agreatdayinbrooklyn.org/2008/08/17/a-chronicle-of-urban-life/ [slideshow id=2] http://agreatdayinbrooklyn.org/2008/08/17/a-great-day-in-brooklyn-june-8-2008/ Community arts organization launches year-long initiative documenting the Brooklyn Renaissance Brooklyn, NY – June 17, 2008 – On Sunday, June 8, community arts organization DOPE SWAN launched Brooklyn, Stand Up!: Documenting the Brooklyn Renaissance with “A Great Day in Brooklyn,” a historic photo event shot by renowned cultural documentarian and Brooklyn ... http://agreatdayinbrooklyn.org/2008/06/17/historic-photo-event-celebrates-the-brooklyn-spirit/