Recently on Instagram, American photographer Jamel Shabazz shared a post of a vintage turntable with a record under the needle and these words on top: “All it takes is one song to bring back 1,000 memories.” The same sentiment applies at the photography show “HIP HOP – Living a Dream” at Galerie Bene Taschen in Cologne, Germany. The group exhibition features selected works of New York City-based Shabazz alongside photographers Joseph Rodriguez (born and raised in Brooklyn) and Los Angeles native Gregory Bojorquez. Though they have worked separately, their unity in their devotion to the music genre comes through in each frame.

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“The main artistic connection is our love for the craft and our desire to document history and culture,” Shabazz told Observer. From the streets to the stage, all three photographers captured moments of realness and, though perhaps not so obvious at........

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