Carlos Riley, Portrait: Museum Object and Cultural History
Carlos Riley, Portrait: Date: 2013. Photograph by: Destini T. Riley, American. Subject of: Carlos Riley, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white archival process photograph of Carlos Riley having his blood pressure taken. Wearing a striped shirt with the sleeves rolled up, he sits with the inflatable cuff of a sphygmomanometer around his proper left arm. The arm of another person who is out of the frame can be seen adjusting the device's cuff.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2013
- Photograph by: Destini T. Riley, American
- Subject of: Carlos Riley, American
- Type: black-and-white photographs
- Medium: ink on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Place captured: Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Families
- Topic: Health
- Topic: Independent films
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Police brutality
- Topic: Prisons
- Topic: Youth
- Object number: 2018.94.4.4
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Destini T. Riley, Nicholas Pilarski, Lattina Lennon Riley, Sarah M. Bassett, Kathleen Lingo and The New York Times Company
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Destini T. Riley, Nicholas Pilarski, Lattina Lennon Riley, Sarah M. Bassett, The New York Times Company Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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