- Photograph by
- Gaskin, Gerard H., Trinidadian American, born 1965
- Subject of
- Ledesma, Wendy, American
- GMHC, American, founded 1981
- Hetrick-Martin Institute, American, founded 1979
- Outstanding Beautiful Brothers, American, founded 2010
- Printed by
- Light Work, American, founded 1973
- Date
- 2013
- 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 Wendy Ledesma, captured in Manhattan in 2013. Ledesma is pictured from the waist up, standing against a dark grey background. She wears a purple long-sleeve Henley shirt with a horizontal blue and yellow geometric pattern and a sleeveless jean jacket. A GMHC (Gay Men's Health Crisis) badge is around her neck and several pins are adhered to the proper left side of her jacket, around a skull patch. The pins include: a pinback button for OBB (Outstanding Beautiful Brothers), a pin with the Pan-African flag, a Union Jack pin, a National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness pin, a Hetrick-Martin Institute pin, and a pin that reads, "Free Speech / I Love My Cat." Ledesma is looking towards the camera with her chin held high. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
- Place captured
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Legendary Portraits
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- HIV/AIDS Activist Movement
- Type
- portraits
- inkjet prints
- Topic
- Communities
- Dance
- Fashion
- Gender
- Health
- Identity
- LGBTQ
- Music
- Nightlife
- Photography
- Sexuality
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2019.71.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Gerard Gaskin
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.