Photographic print of Vincent and Patricia Chin at Studio 17: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photographic print of Vincent and Patricia Chin at Studio 17: Date: 1961; printed later. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Vincent G. Chin, Jamaican, 1937 - 2003.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of Vincent and Patricia Chin listening to a playback at Studio 17.
The two are pictured behind a glass partition. Vincent is standing on the right side of the image, wearing headphones and looking at an object he's holding with both hands. Patricia is seated on the left side of the image. She wears a white sleeveless shirt with floral design and a scarf in her hair. She is looking at Vincent and smiling. A third individual is standing between them, his back turned to the camera while he bends slightly to look at a piece of recording equipment. There are shelves, filing cabinets, reels and other recording equipment around the small room as well as on the table in front of Patricia and Vincent. A sign reading [EMPLOYEES ONLY] is in the window in front of Vincent. On the back are inscriptions by Bill Adler with the subject, location, and date.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1961; printed later
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Vincent G. Chin, Jamaican, 1937 - 2003
- Subject of: Patricia Chin, Jamaican
- Subject of: Randy's Studio 17, Jamaican
- Type: black-and-white photographs
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 7 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18.3 × 24.1 cm)
- Place captured: Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Reggae (Music)
- Object number: 2015.132.2
- 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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