- Photograph by
- Gaskin, Gerard H., Trinidadian American, born 1965
- 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 Dominique, who walks European Runway category at The Greatest Show on Earth POSSE Ball in Philadelphia in 2017. Dominique is pictured standing against a dark grey background holding a trophy shaped like a ferris wheel. She wears a pink and blue ensemble and a large yellow Afro wig. Her face is painted white with an exaggerated mouth painted on in purple glitter and large pink feather eyelashes with black polka dots just beneath her lower lashline. Her ensemble is composed of a blue and pink tie-dye body suit beneath a ruffled shoulder and sleeve piece and lace-up corset made of a thick, leather-like material in an iridescent purple, pink, and blue print. Her skirt is composed of ribbons of the same fabric flowing from the corset. She wears a pink bejeweled collar necklace and a pink flower in her hair. She stands with her proper left hand on her left hip and holds the trophy in her right. The trophy is shaped like a black ferris wheel and is adhered to a plaque that reads "The Greatest Show on Earth/ POSSE Ball” / 3/25/17 / Grand Prize." 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
- 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
- 2019.71.7
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Gerard Gaskin
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.