Selena and photographer, Al Rendon

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Object Details

depicted (sitter)

Selena

Rendon, Al

maker

Rendon, Al

Description (Brief)

archival pigment print by Alfredo Rendon; Selena and photographer, Al Rendon; Al Rendon and Selena inspect a Polaroid test print for their photo session. This would be Rendon’s last photo session with her, about Feb 1995. The set up in the recording studio at her Quintanilla family home. She is wearing a jumpsuit of her design

Location

Currently not on view

date printed

2020

date made

1995-02

ID Number

2020.0085.0013

accession number

2020.0085

catalog number

2020.0085.0013

Object Name

photograph

print, pigment

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 19 in x 13 in; 48.26 cm x 33.02 cm

image: 14 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 27.94 cm

place made

United States: Texas, Corpus Christi

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Music & Musical Instruments

Photography

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Singers

Musicians

Latino

Hispanics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng4b4777e65-ce72-5ee9-e053-15f76fa073fd

Record ID

nmah_1988820