Photo by Cynthia Berkshire Installation by Yayoi Kusama
Jahmani is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker, photographer, creative producer, and storyteller whose work explores the multifaceted, complex, and contradictory aspects of human nature and what it means to be human within our socially, culturally, and politically conditioned society. With a deep commitment to storytelling that examines urban narratives and underrepresented voices, his work blends documentary and poetic experimental forms, pushing the boundaries of nonfiction storytelling and examining the various dimensions of how we perceive ourselves and one another, both individually and collectively.
Asphalt Spirits NYC, Part I: 1976-1986 + Part II: 1999-2025, Journey into Awakening and Remembrance, is an ongoing poetic and photographic work. This project reveals heart and soul portraits of the people and city of New York across decades. The images meditate on the diverse beauty, mystery, aliveness, joy, and irony of everyday life while celebrating the wonder and paradox at the heart of a city in constant transformation, where race, class, gender, identity, wealth, power, and culture converge and collide.
A Sony Innovator’s Award recipient for filmmaking, Jahmani’s films have aired on PBS/Thirteen WNET and been presented at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Walker Art Center, St. Louis Art Museum, The Kitchen, Lollapalooza Music Concert Tour, and Madonna’s Who’s That Girl Tour, among others. His short film, Why Am I A Threat?, featuring Ice Cube, was featured in BAM’s (Brooklyn Academy of Music) 2019 film series, Black 90s: A Turning Point in American Cinema, curated by Ashley Clark.
Jahmani has collaborated and worked on film and television projects with Oliver Stone (Nixon / film), Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer /television series), John Dahl (The Last Seduction/film), Orlando Bagwell (Matters of Race / PBS documentary series), and Bill Moyers, and Marc Levin (Rikers: An American Jail / PBS documentary film). He studied filmmaking at Pratt Institute, received a directing fellowship at the American Film Institute, and was a documentary fellow with The Gotham Project Involve.
Jahmani’s photographs from Asphalt Spirits NYC Part I: 1976=1986 + Part II: 1999-2025 are included in the private collections of Keith Haring, The Buhl Collection, Andy Spade, and others.
*See CV below for a complete list of directing, producing, and photography credits.
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