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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5269bf107-6020-4f59-af26-94ee5ea4d178

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