Johnny Hamilton with chicken
- Photograph by
- Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne, American, born 1951
- Printed by
- ModernAge Photographic Services, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1979; printed 2007
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 19 7/16 × 12 3/16 in. (49.4 × 31 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 23 7/8 × 20 in. (60.6 × 50.8 cm)
- Description
- This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a man holding a chicken. He is wearing a short-sleeve button down shirt. The top buttons are unfastened and his white undershirt is exposed. He is holding the chicken upside down with its feet in his right hand and its head in his left hand. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
- Place captured
- Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Daufuskie Island
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- digital prints
- Topic
- Communities
- Foodways
- Photography
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Generously donated by Bank of America Corporation
- Object number
- 2014.310.40
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.