Photograph of Ed Lover and Will Smith: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A photograph of Ed Lover and Will Smith. Lover is seated on the left of the photo. He is wearing a black baseball cap with a black, white, and red collared shirt. Smith is seated on the right of the photo and is wearing a white and black long sleeve shirt. The letters [RL] are on the top of the shirt below the neckline. The two are in a recording studio; part of a mic stand is visible on the bottom left of the photo. Doctor Dré is partially visible on the bottom right corner of the photo. The back of the photograph is printed with the text [FUJICOLOR / paper] and Japanese characters in diagonal lines.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca.1995
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Ed Lover, American, born 1963
• Subject of: Will Smith, American, born 1968
• Subject of: Hot 97, American, founded 1948
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: L x W: 4 × 6 in. (10.2 × 15.2 cm)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: DJs (Musicians)
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Journalism
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Radio
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2020.30.3.11
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lisa G.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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