Marquise Foster
- Photograph by
- Gaskin, Gerard H., Trinidadian American, born 1965
- Subject of
- Foster, Marquise, American, born 1989
- Printed by
- Light Work, American, founded 1973
- Date
- 2017
- Medium
- ink on Canson Baryta photographique paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet) : 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
- H x W (Image) : 19 × 12 5/8 in. (48.3 × 32.1 cm)
- Description
- A color photographic print portrait of fashion designer Marquise Foster captured in a look he wore while walking the All American Runway category at a ball in Philadelphia in 2017. Foster is pictured standing center frame against a dark grey background. He wears a red knit suit jacket and pants with a black, grey, and white plaid pattern. Woven black leather bracers cover his forearms. He wears a tall, black velvet top hat and has a black star painted around his proper right eye. He stands looking straight ahead at the camera, his hands by his sides. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
- Place captured
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Legendary Portraits
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- portraits
- inkjet prints
- Topic
- Communities
- Dance
- Design
- Fashion
- Fashion design
- 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
- 2019.71.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Gerard Gaskin