Mokgadi Caster Semenya photographed for Out magazine
- Photograph by
- Scruggs, Dana
- Subject of
- Semenya, Mokgadi Caster, South African, born 1991
- Out, American, founded 1992
- Nike Inc., American, founded 1971
- Date
- 2019; printed 2022
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 22 × 28 3/8 in. (55.9 × 72 cm)
- H x W (Image): 20 1/16 × 26 in. (50.9 × 66 cm)
- Description
- A color photograph of Mokgadi Caster Semenya captured by Dana Scruggs for Out magazine. The photograph of Semenya, taken in Seattle, Washington, depicts her standing on a running track.
- Semenya is shown from the waist up, facing the viewer, and standing with her arms resting at her sides. She is wearing a yellow, mesh, tank top with a chevron pattern at the center and a black Nike logo over her proper left breast. She has a protective hairstyle with her hair braided into thin cornrows, arranged in a wave patterns on the proper left side of her scalp. Her cornrow ends are braided into loose, neck length braids. She has a diamond stud in her proper right ear and she is also wearing a short, silver tone, metal chain necklace with a small, silver tone, Africa-shaped pendant. She is smiling widely with her tongue sticking out over her lower lip. In the background is a reddish brown running track, lined by a fence. On the right is a scoreboard and there is a line of trees in the distant background.
- The photograph has an uneven, thick, white border because the image is printed off center. Black text printed vertically along the bottom left edge of the image reads [Substrate: Hahnemuhle Ultrasmooth] below partially cropped text. Black text printed vertically along the bottom right edge of the image reads [File: DS_ Caster_Semenya_Out_VOG_20x26_Final.tif I Date: 10.05.2022 10:16:54 / Printer: EPSON SC-P200x0 RGB / Substrate: Hahnemuhle Ultrasmooth].
- The verso is plain white. In the bottom left quadrant, is the artist’s signature, the print’s edition number, and print date handwritten in black ink that reads [Dana Scruggs / 1/7 + 2 AP / 2022[underlined]].
- Place printed
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place captured
- Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- portraits
- inkjet prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative
- Object number
- 2022.32.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Dana Scruggs
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.