Photograph of Will Smith and Lisa Glasberg: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A photograph of Will Smith and Lisa Glasberg. Smith is seated on the left of the photo and is wearing a white and black long-sleeved shirt. The letters [RL] are on the top of the shirt below the neckline. Glasberg is standing to the right of Smith, she is wearing a red shirt with black pants and a belt. Her proper right arm is wrapped around Smith's back and her proper left arm is over Smith’s proper left shoulder. The two are in a recording studio; one microphone is connected to a mic arm on the table. 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: Lisa Glasberg, American, born 1956
• 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: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Journalism
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Radio
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2020.30.3.10
• 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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