Tee shirt & bottles on steps - Baltimore, Md. - 2004
- Photograph by
- Robert Houston, American, 1935 - 2021
- Date
- 2004
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4248 pixels × 2685 pixels, 21.76 MB
- Description
- This image depicts a street memorial of someone from the neighborhood who has passed away. At center of the image is a set of five steps covered with rows of liquor and beer bottles. The steps lead to a doorway boarded over with plywood, set in a stone building. A tee-shirt is fastened by the shoulders to the plywood board. Drawn on the tee-shirt is a simple tombstone with the letters "R.I.P." across the top with illegible words below. There is additional writing across the top of the tee-shirt. A dark bandana is tied by a corner to the bottom of the tee-shirt. There is also writing on the board, including the letters "FNB."
- Place captured
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born analog
- Topic
- Communities
- Photography
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Robert and Greta Houston
- Object number
- 2014.116.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Robert Houston
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.