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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e81fcd2b-ef3e-4965-b1e2-8d53c5b9908a

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