Photograph of Grandaddy Souf in a laundromat: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Grandaddy Souf in a laundromat: Date: August 19, 2004; printed later. Photograph by: Julia Beverly, American, born 1981. Subject of: Grandaddy Souf, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A color photograph of the rapper, Grandaddy Souf in a laundromat off Parramore, a neighborhood in Orlando, Florida. Grandaddy Souf is featured leaning on a table in front of a row of dryers. He is wearing an olive green baseball hat turned backwards, a brown and white tee-shirt and is smoking a pipe. On the back is an inscription written by Bill Adler with the subject, date, and photographer's name.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: August 19, 2004; printed later
- Photograph by: Julia Beverly, American, born 1981
- Subject of: Grandaddy Souf, American
- Type: chromogenic color prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 1/16 in. (27.9 × 35.7 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 × 13 7/16 in. (22.8 × 34.2 cm)
- Place captured: Orlando, Orange County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Gesture
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.132.141
- 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: © Julia Beverly/Ozone Magazine Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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