Photograph of Grandmaster Flash at the Chrysler Building, NYC
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Object Details
- Photograph by
- Al Pereira, American, born 1963
- Subject of
- Grandmaster Flash, American, born 1958
- Printed by
- Bill Adler, American, born 1951
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Grandmaster Flash pointing at the Chrysler Building. Flash wears a white t-shirt, white hat, and dark jeans. He looks at the camera and raises his right hand to point at the Chrysler building in the background. His left hand rest on a balcony railing. On the back are inscriptions by Bill Adler identifying the subject, photographer, location and date.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- August 27, 1991; printed 2003
- Object number
- 2015.132.280
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Al Pereira
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm)
- H x W (Image): 13 × 8 11/16 in. (33 × 22.1 cm)
- Place captured
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography Collection
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Architecture
- Hip-hop (Music)
- Musicians
- Photography
- Urban life
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2015.132.280
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51d8617b8-07bd-4610-8712-67eb9a816aba
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