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    Object Details

    Photograph by

    Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960

    Subject of

    Unidentified Man or Men

    Description

    This is a color archival pigment print from the negative. The photograph depicts a full-length image of two young men posed under scaffolding on the edge of a sidewalk, one on the left standing and one on the right sitting on a metal bar. The young man on the left has his arms crossed at his upper chest while holding a red bag. He is dressed in a white button shirt, white pants, a red military belt, and white low-top Adidas and fat red laces. For accessories he has a black watch on his proper right wrist and a cap in the style of a Kangol Ventair. The young man on the right is half sitting on a metal bar, with his proper right leg extending vertically and his proper left leg on the bar, but his upper body turned to face the camera. His hands are waving openly, similar to a “jazz hands” motion. He is dressed in an all-red attire: track suit bottoms and a sweater with a black turtleneck underneath. His black shoes resemble Clark Wallabees. For accessories he wears a gold-colored necklace and a ring on his proper left ring finger. They are posed against a stone building.
    There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jamel Shabazz

    Date

    1982; printed 2021

    Object number

    2021.69.2

    Restrictions & Rights

    © Jamel Shabazz
    Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    pigment prints
    portraits

    Medium

    pigment-based ink on paper

    Dimensions

    H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

    Place depicted

    Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, New York, United States, North and Central America

    Cultural Place

    Latin America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Classification

    Photographs and Still Images

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Communities
    Fashion
    Hip-hop (Music)
    Identity
    Photography
    Urban life

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58c3f4d1f-d45d-45f6-9d8c-add7285865c4

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2021.69.2

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