Photograph of Nina Simone, Langston Hughes, and Godfry Cambridge: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A gelatin silver print photograph of Nina Simone wearing a white dress and standing in between Langston Hughes, on the left, and Godfrey Cambridge, on the right. Both Hughes and Cambridge wear medium-colored suits. The photo was taken after a concert at Carnegie Hall. The trio stand in a carpeted interior space, with a small crowd of people visible in the background. On the verso is the photographer's stamp [Please Credit: / Photo by / Bernard Gotfryd]. There are no other marks or inscriptions.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 21, 1964
• Photograph by: Bernard Gotfryd, Polish American, 1924 - 2016
• Subject of: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003
• Subject of: Langston Hughes, American, 1902 - 1967
• Subject of: Godfrey Cambridge, American, 1933 - 1976
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
• Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Popular music
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2011.132.14
• 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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