Photograph by
Gaskin, Gerard H., Trinidadian American, born 1965
Subject of
Unidentified
Printed by
Light Work, American, founded 1973
Date
2000
Medium
ink on Canson Baryta photographique paper
Dimensions
H x W (Sheet) : 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
H x W (Image) : 12 5/8 × 19 in. (32.1 × 48.3 cm)
Description
A black and white photographic print portrait of an unidentified man at the New York Awards Ball in Brooklyn in 2000. The man is depicted just to the right of center frame, in the corner of a tiled room. He wears a double-breasted overcoat in a houndstooth plaid pattern with fur collar over a knit turtleneck. He has a brimmed hat in a similar houndstooth plaid pattern worn at a slant over his proper left eye, with a peacock feather tucked in the brim. He stands looking straight at the camera, his proper right hand resting on the tiled wall next to him. Another man can be seen beyond the doorframe in the background just behind the subject's left shoulder. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
Place captured
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Portfolio/Series
Legendary
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
portraits
inkjet prints
Topic
Communities
Dance
Fashion
Gender
Identity
LGBTQ
Music
Nightlife
Photography
Sexuality
Urban life
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2019.71.25
Restrictions & Rights
© Gerard Gaskin
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cc765cf7-ff08-4300-97da-25d88d0e7a32

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