Photograph by
Mobley, Tony, American
Printed by
Full Circle Fine Art Services, Inc., American, founded 1987
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
Date
2020
Medium
ink on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (image): 6 11/16 × 10 in. (17 × 25.4 cm)
H x W (sheet): 8 11/16 × 12 in. (22 × 30.5 cm)
Description
This is a color print depicting a man and a woman in Black Lives Matter t-shirts. The man standing on the left wears a sleeveless black t-shirt with yellow text that reads “BLACK / LIVES / MATTER.” The text is bracketed above and below by a horizontal line consisting of triangles in red, green, and blue. The man wears black pants and a patterned face mask and round sunglasses. He holds his right fist in the air next to his right shoulder. He has several bracelets around his right wrist and necklaces of different length around his neck. His left arm is around the woman standing next to him who also wears a sleeveless black t-shirt with yellow text that reads “BLACK / LIVES / MATTER.” The text is bracketed above and below by a horizontal line consisting of triangles in red, green, and blue. The woman wears black pants, a black hip bag, a yellow patterned face mask and round sunglasses. She holds her left fist in the air next to her left shoulder. In the background is the water of the National Reflecting Pool. A crowd of people can be seen gathered on the opposite side of the pool.
Place depicted
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Portfolio/Series
Surviving Summer
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Movement
Black Lives Matter
Type
portraits
digital prints
Topic
Activism
Art
Local and regional
Photography
Resistance
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2021.77.1
Restrictions & Rights
© Tony Mobley
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fa388dcf-c2d2-4c3c-9b61-2669b9ed9f1f

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