- Photograph by
- Shabazz, Jamel, American, born 1960
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1981; printed 2021
- Medium
- pigment-based ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
- Description
- This is a color archival pigment print from the negative. The photograph depicts a full-length image of two youths as they pose on a busy sidewalk in Times Square, each in a b-boy stance with arms crossed and one foot slightly forward. The youth on the left is dressed in a white tank top, black pants, and teal low-top sneakers with dark blue fat laces. shoes. He is accessorized with three necklaces, a bracelet, and a black belt with a gold-colored [$] belt buckle. The youth on the right is dressed in a red, ¾ sleeve shirt, blue jeans, and white Adidas with wide, red laces. He is wearing a belt with a Puerto Rican flag on his proper left side, and a cloth hanging out of his backside pocket. Both of them are wearing low-top sneakers and caps in the style of a Kangol Ventair.
- There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- pigment prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jamel Shabazz
- Object number
- 2021.69.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jamel Shabazz
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




