Digital print of Snoop Dogg and his car, Los Angeles: Museum Object and Cultural History
Digital print of Snoop Dogg and his car, Los Angeles: Date: 1999. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: Snoop Dogg, American, born 1971.
The object in the museum catalogue
A color photograph of rapper Snoop Dogg posing with his vintage car on a driveway overlooking the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, California. Snoop Dogg is leaning against the front of the car, wearing a white polo shirt, white sweater vest with yellow and black argyle design and trim, blue jeans, and a tan cap and shoes. On the back of the photograph, an inscription by Bill Adler identifies the photographer, subject, date and location.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1999
- Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
- Subject of: Snoop Dogg, American, born 1971
- Type: portraits
- Type: digital prints
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 10 1/2 × 10 7/16 in. (26.7 × 26.5 cm)
- Place captured: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Topic: Transportation
- Object number: 2015.132.123
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 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: © Michael Benabib Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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