Untitled: Museum Object and Cultural History
Untitled: Date: May 31, 2020. Photograph by: Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984. Subject of: Brian Grazer, American, born 1951.
The object in the museum catalogue
A digital, black-and-white image of Brian Grazer participating in a Black Lives Matter protest on Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. Grazer is depicted on the right side of the image. He is facing the viewer and wearing a small white placard over his chest held in place with shoulder straps. Handwritten dark text on the front of the sign reads [BLACK / LIVES / MATTER!] with a hand drawn heart accenting the word [LIVES]. Grazer is wearing a 3M N95 respirator on his face and a striped, hooded sweatshirt. His proper right arm is held just below chest level and he is making a fist. In the background, on the left, is an out of focus, tall, male protester wearing a white cut off shirt. Behind him are additional protesters, also out of focus.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: May 31, 2020
- Photograph by: Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984
- Subject of: Brian Grazer, American, born 1951
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Subject of: George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 2020
- Type: digital images
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: H x W: 4480 pixels × 6720 pixels
- Dimensions: File size: 172.29 MB
- Place captured: Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Hollywood (Film)
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Police brutality
- Topic: Race relations
- Object number: 2021.31.6
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver
- 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: © Tommy Oliver Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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