- Photograph by
- Tippetts, Wayne, English, born 1959
- Subject of
- Tenor Saw, Jamaican, 1966 - 1988
- Edwards, Christopher Tulluice, Jamaican
- Kangol, British, founded 1938
- Date
- 1986
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (2015.132.420.1 Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
- H x W (2015.132.420.1 Image): 13 1/2 × 10 3/16 in. (34.3 × 25.9 cm)
- H x W (2015.132.420. Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
- H x W (2015.132.420.2 Image): 13 1/8 × 9 7/8 in. (33.3 × 25.1 cm)
- Description
- Two prints (.1 and .2) of a black and white vertical diptych photograph featuring Jamaican dancehall artist Tenor Saw.
- Both images depict Tenor Saw standing next to a turntable and singing into a microphone. The turntable appears in the foreground, with Tenor Saw behind it, wearing a light-colored check shirt and a flat top cap. In the top image, he looks straight at the camera, holding a microphone in his proper right hand. In the bottom image, his face is turned in profile to the camera, and the microphone is held in his proper left hand. In both images, studio engineer and mixer Tulluice stands to Tenor Saw's left, wearing a Kangol hat. Behind them is a crowd of people. In the background is a building facade with a doorway at center and a window on either side.
- The images have a thin black border around them. The back of 2015.132.420.1 is solid white and has an inscription on the bottom, handwritten by Bill Adler, identifying the subject, date, and photographer. The back of 2015.132.420.2 has two Kodak logos repeated in gold.
- Collection title
- Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- black-and-white photographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.132.420.1-.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Wayne Tippetts
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




