POCC Ball, Manhattan, NY, 2007: Museum Object and Cultural History
POCC Ball, Manhattan, NY, 2007: Date: 2007. Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965. Subject of: Unidentified.
The object in the museum catalogue
A color photographic print of a line of competitors for the "Best Dressed Spectator" category of the 2007 POCC (People of Color in Crisis) Ball in 2007. All the participants are dressed in colorful suits and fedora hats. The man in the forefront of the frame wears a retro patterned suit in shades of brown, beige, and white with cream colored cravat and matching pocket square. He has a gold stem and leave pendant at his collar, a beige fedora hat, and gold sunglasses. A line of other men stands behind him wearing peach-colored suits, green, orange and pink plaid suits and the last man in line in the photograph wears a white suit with spiral designs and he holds a sign with the number 10 on it. A table with trophies is visible behind the row of men. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2007
- Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
- Subject of: Unidentified
- Subject of: People of Color in Crisis, American, 1989 - 2008
- Printed by: Light Work, American, founded 1973
- Type: inkjet prints
- Medium: ink on Canson Baryta photographique paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet) : 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image) : 12 5/8 × 19 in. (32.1 × 48.3 cm)
- Place captured: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Gender
- Topic: Health
- Topic: Identity
- Topic: LGBTQ
- Object number: 2019.71.19
- 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: © Gerard Gaskin Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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