Sean, POCC Ball, Manhattan, NY, 2007: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photographic print portrait of Sean at the People of Color in Crisis (POCC) Ball in Manhattan, NY in 2007. Sean appears from the chest up, lit by purple-tinged stage lights. He wears a white t-shirt under an unbuttoned light purple plaid shirt and a navy New York Yankees baseball cap with the brim slightly to his proper left. He looks straight at the camera and holds a small red cocktail straw in his mouth. In the background, an empty runway and standing photographers and spectators are visible. A bright stage light beams in the top left of the image. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2007
• Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
• Subject of: People of Color in Crisis, American, 1989 - 2008
• Printed by: Light Work, American, founded 1973
• Type: portraits
• 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: 2019.71.18
• 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.