Photographic print of Chris Lighty at home: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photographic print of Chris Lighty at home: Date: 1999. Photograph by: Jeffrey Gamble, Saint Lucian, born 1974. Subject of: Chris Lighty, American, 1968 - 2012.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photograph of Chris Lighty at his home in New Jersey.
Lighty is pictured from the knees up, in front of a banister. He is wearing a black zip-up turtleneck under a thigh-length black leather jacket. Both hands are behind him, resting on the banister. Above him is a skylight window on the sloped ceiling. Behind him is a white, geometric chandelier light fixture.
On the back of the photograph are two stamps by the photographer and an inscription by Bill Adler identifying the subject, location and date.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1999
- Photograph by: Jeffrey Gamble, Saint Lucian, born 1974
- Subject of: Chris Lighty, American, 1968 - 2012
- Type: black-and-white photographs
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 13 13/16 × 10 3/4 in. (35.1 × 27.3 cm)
- Place captured: New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Domestic life
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2015.132.220
- 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: © Jeffrey Gamble Photography Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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