Photograph of Will Smith and Doctor Dré: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Will Smith and Doctor Dré: Date: ca.1995. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Will Smith, American, born 1968.
The object in the museum catalogue
A photograph of Will Smith and Doctor Dré. 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. Doctor Dré is seated on the right of the photo and is wearing sunglasses and purple polo. The two are in a recording studio; part of a mic stand, and a mic is visible on the bottom left 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: Will Smith, American, born 1968
- Subject of: Doctor Dré, born 1963
- 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: Actors
- Topic: DJs (Musicians)
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Journalism
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Radio
- Object number: 2020.30.3.12
- 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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