Chromogenic print of Dub Room, Channel One Studios: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph of Dub Room, Channel One Studios on Maxfield Avenue in Kingston, Jamaica.

There is a set of black doors with two metal locks in the middle. The proper right door reads [DUB / ONE] and the proper left door reads [ROOM / LOVE] in white. There is a white plastic garbage bin on the proper left side with a piece of corrugated material in it.

Each of the images has a white border around it. The borders are thinner on the tops and bottoms and thicker on the sides. The border for 2015.132.160.2 is slightly thicker because the image is slightly smaller. The backs of the photographs have two Kodak logos repeated in gold. The logos are in diagonal lines. There is an inscription on the bottom of 2015.132.160.1, handwritten by Bill Adler.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2002
• Photograph by: Adrian Boot, British, born 1947
• Subject of: Channel One Studios, Jamaican, founded 1972
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.160.1 Sheet): 14 1/8 × 11 in. (35.8 × 27.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.160.1 Image): 10 9/16 × 10 9/16 in. (26.9 × 26.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.160.2 Sheet): 14 1/16 × 11 in. (35.7 × 27.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.132.160.2 Image): 10 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (26 × 26 cm)
• Place captured: Kingston, Surrey County, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Reggae (Music)
• Object number: 2015.132.160.1-.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

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: © Adrian Boot Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.