In Motion: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a color archival pigment print from the negative. The photograph depicts Kid Freeze of the b-boy group Dynamic Rockers and Lucky of the hip hop group Zulu Nation breakdancing on a sidewalk. Both men are dressed in hip hop fashion with jeans and a denim jacket, low-top sneakers with fat laces, and jewelry. Lucky is on the right, wearing a hat with [LUCKY] on it and Cazal-like glasses. He is crouched with his proper left hand leaning on a boom box and his proper right hand is pointing at Kid Freeze. Kid Freeze is on the left, head spinning on a piece of cardboard. In motion, his face is turned from the camera. The background is a graffitied brick wall spray painted in red, blue, yellow and black.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1998; printed 2021
• Photograph by: Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960
• Subject of: Kid Freeze, American
• Subject of: Lucky Strike, American
• Type: pigment prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: pigment-based ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Harlem, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Break dancing
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2021.63.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
• 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: © Jamel Shabazz Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.