“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 photographic memoir of Brooklyn residents who eloquently merge the worlds of art, activism and entrepreneurship.

On view September 27 – November 7, 2009

Opening Reception: Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:00-6:00PM

Corridor Gallery
334 Grand Avenue, Brooklyn New York 112238
Tel: 718 230 5002 www.corridorgallerybrooklyn.org

Order prints online at www.agreatdayinbrooklyn.org
Proceeds benefit Brooklyn youth organization The Stoop

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"Path to Enlightenment," 1997.

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” series.

Click here to view the slideshow.