Daoud Abu-Bakr
@djafrican
Filmmaker Writer
#photography Harlem NYC Central Park In the background extra security around Central Park for a visiting head of state running in the park. In town for the World Cup no doubt.
#photography Madison Avenue NYC The president is coming so naturally traffic is a mess.
#photography Prospect Park This section of the park was designed to give people a feeling of being in the country hills. The Adams administration gave this developer permission to construct a building overlooking the park. Against the park plan.
#photography Branch Brook Park in Newark New Jersey. Red tail hawk circling in and out of view.
Spanish Harlem before the Puerto Rican Day Parade. #knicks #photography
It’s going down in Harlem on 120 Street right outside of Maya Angelou’s brownstone. #Knicks
Talib Kweli’s mom Dr. Brenda Greene with my mom Dr. Rashidah Ismaili both receiving awards at the Amsterdam News.
Common paying tribute to Assata Shukur at her memorial service at Riverside Church in Harlem.
Angela Davis and Marc Lamont Hill paying tribute to Assata Shukur at Riverside Church in Harlem.
#photography The new Madison Square Garden. This was taken the day of the first playoff game for the Knicks. New York City will be like Times Square Now Years Eve. Everywhere!
#photography The legendary Dapper Dan with his beautiful Harlem sisters. Dapper Dan doing his walking tour and history story telling in Harlem.
As the Amsterdam News celebrates 117 years an announcement of landmark status and plans to upgrade the building.
#photography This was about 1986 from a cruise ship rolling up the Hudson. The boss made us take the cruise. Working for Celebrity Cruises.