{"product_id":"manual-labor","title":"Manual Labor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis work focuses on the indigent people of East Harlem, a complex neighborhood with a profound history. The title, \u003cem\u003eManual Labor\u003c\/em\u003e, refers to slavery. Allah's people, Black Americans and the entire African diaspora throughout the Americas, to this day still haven't received reparations, or any meaningful reconciliation, for the centuries of manual labor they endured in the fields of America. As a photographer, the streets are his field. He is a \"blue-collar\" artist, and photography is his form of labor with a manual camera. These are analog photographs taken in a digital era where artificial intelligence is moving photography in an unprecedented direction. People don't know what's true, what's real, or what's AI. His work is real. For some people it's too real. But he is a documentary filmmaker first. This work is a time capsule of a neighborhood eroding through gentrification. Night and day the homeless roam aimlessly, heavily policed, addicted to drugs and rejected by society. Despite the problematic past and turbulent present, this book finds the light in the darkness. His lens encompasses hope and optimism. Through this work we find beauty where it was thought not to be. This work depicts the strength, power, resilience and the indestructible spirit of those who've been cast away in a far country, even though it is their own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Damiani Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55239873069395,"sku":"6208876","price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/2281\/9350\/files\/Khalik_Allah_Manual_Labor_Product_Shot_Cover_DRAFT.jpg?v=1791361327","url":"https:\/\/www.damianibooks.com\/products\/manual-labor","provider":"Damiani Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}