Nas, Queensborough Bridge 1993: Museum Object and Cultural History
Nas, Queensborough Bridge 1993: Date: 1993, printed 2004. Photograph by: Danny Clinch, American, born 1964. Subject of: Nas, American, born 1973.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photograph of the rapper NAS below the Queensborough Bridge in New York City. Nas is pictured in the bottom right corner of the frame, with the underside of the bridge at an angle in the background. He wears a jacket with the collar turned up and a necklace with a cross medallion. The title and date are handwritten at the bottom of the photograph along with the photographer's signature. The photographer's copyright is stamped on the back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1993, printed 2004
- Photograph by: Danny Clinch, American, born 1964
- Subject of: Nas, American, born 1973
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.5 × 27.8 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 13/16 × 8 9/16 in. (32.6 × 21.7 cm)
- Place captured: Queens, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Architecture
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Topic: Urban life
- Object number: 2015.132.178
- 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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