- Photograph by
- Shabazz, Jamel, American, born 1960
- Date
- 2010; printed 2021
- Medium
- pigment-based ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- This is a color archival pigment print from a digital file. The photograph depicts twins posing on the street from the waist up during the Hispanic Heritage Day parade in New York City. The sisters are standing with their inner arms around each other, and their outer arms on their own waists. They are both wearing the same women’s caporale dress for caporales, a traditional Andean folk dance that comes from the Yungas region of Bolivia.
- The dresses are largely black with silver and green accent embellishments on the cuffs, shoulders, and necklines. The shoulders are puffed out. The twins have their hair styled in two side braids tied at the end with black and silver pom poms, their bangs swooped to the left, and they are wearing a round black top hat with a silver-colored rim. The sister on the left is wearing dangly earrings and the sister the right is wearing silver earrings and a necklace.The background is a large wood panel tagged in black spray paint and with a metal chain and lock; on the right is a partial view of a metal roll-up store front door.
- There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
- Place depicted
- Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Bolivia, Andes, Latin America, South America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- pigment prints
- portraits
- digital prints
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Communities
- Costume
- Dance
- Holidays and festivals
- Identity
- Photography
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
- Object number
- 2021.63.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jamel Shabazz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.