Photograph of Lil Jon with video models on the set of the "Toma" video shoot: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Lil Jon with video models on the set of the "Toma" video shoot: Date: February 19, 2005; printed later. Photograph by: Julia Beverly, American, born 1981. Subject of: Lil Jon, American, born 1971.
The object in the museum catalogue
A color photograph of the rapper, Lil Jon, standing between two female video models on the set of Pitbull's "Toma" video shoot at Opium Garden, in South Beach, Florida. Lil Jon is wearing a white tee-shirt with a screen-printed green and gold graphic and bedazzled chalice, sunglasses and jeans. He is looking at the camera and smiling. The woman on the left is wearing a red bikini. The woman on the right is wearing a light blue halter top and light-colored shorts. A crowd of people are visible behind them. On the verso is an inscription written by Bill Adler with the subject, date, and photographer's name.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: February 19, 2005; printed later
- Photograph by: Julia Beverly, American, born 1981
- Subject of: Lil Jon, American, born 1971
- Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
- Subject of: Pitbull, American, born 1981
- Type: chromogenic color prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 14 1/16 × 11 in. (35.7 × 27.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 1/2 × 9 in. (34.3 × 22.8 cm)
- Place captured: Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Latin hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.132.145
- 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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