Run backstage with fan in New Orleans, Raising Hell Tour, 1986: Museum Object and Cultural History
Run backstage with fan in New Orleans, Raising Hell Tour, 1986: Date: 1986; printed 2003. Photograph by: Ricky Powell, American, 1961 - 2021. Subject of: Rev. Run, American, born 1964.
The object in the museum catalogue
A color photograph of Run with a fan in New Orleans during the Raising Hell tour.
In the left foreground of the image is the back of a boy's head. He has [adidas] and the Adidas logo shaved into his hair. Run is in the center of the image, looking at the camera with both arms outstretched and his hands on the boy's shoulders. He wears a black hat and a black t-shirt. Behind him are a set of stairs with silver metal edging and lights. Beneath the image is a handwritten inscription reading [AHHH...CLASSIC! "RUN" BACKSTAGE WITH FAN IN / NEW ORLEANS - RAISING HELL TOUR '86] along with the photographer's signature [Ricky Powell / '03].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1986; printed 2003
- Photograph by: Ricky Powell, American, 1961 - 2021
- Subject of: Rev. Run, American, born 1964
- Subject of: Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
- Subject of: Adidas AG, German, founded 1948
- Type: chromogenic color prints
- Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 14 15/16 × 19 1/8 in. (37.9 × 48.6 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 1/8 × 14 in. (23.2 × 35.6 cm)
- Place captured: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Hair
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Musicians
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2015.132.350
- 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: © Ricky Powell Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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