- Photograph by
- Boot, Adrian, British, born 1947
- Subject of
- Perry, Lee, Jamaican, 1936 - 2021
- Date
- 1989
- Medium
- dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 14 1/8 × 11 in. (35.8 × 27.9 cm)
- H x W (Image): 10 5/8 × 10 9/16 in. (27 × 26.9 cm)
- Description
- A color photograph of Lee “Scratch” Perry in the Swiss Alps, 1989, Zurich, Switzerland.
- He is sitting on a large rock with his legs spread far apart. He is wearing black clothes and black boots. He is wearing a red and gold jeweled crown with a red and gold robe with white fur. He is holding a gold scepter in his proper right hand and a sphere with gold details and a cross on top in his left hand. He has dark black hair and a mustache and beard, and he is wearing several metal chains and medallions. There is a Swiss flag waving in the proper top left corner. The foreground is rocky. There is water and snow in the background as well as a snowy mountain top. The sky appears to be foggy.
- There is a white border around the image. The border is thicker on the top and bottom and thinner on the two sides. The back of the photograph has two Kodak logos repeated in gold. There is a torn piece of tape at the top on the right side. There is an inscription at the bottom, handwritten by Bill Adler.
- Place captured
- Zurich, Switzerland, Europe
- Collection title
- Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- chromogenic color prints
- Topic
- Musicians
- Photography
- Reggae (Music)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.132.157
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Adrian Boot
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




