The Audience at the Latex Ball, Roseland Ballroom, Manhattan, NY, 2007: Museum Object and Cultural History
The Audience at the Latex Ball, Roseland Ballroom, Manhattan, NY, 2007: Date: August 2007. Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965. Subject of: GMHC, American, founded 1981.
The object in the museum catalogue
A color photographic print depicting the audience at the House of Latex Ball held at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan in August 2007. The image depicts a large, colorful crowd of people standing and facing forward, most with their attention just to the left of the camera. Some individuals are cheering. Round tables with colorful tablecloths are partially visible throughout the crowd. On one table near the center of the image is a vase of bright red flowers. Rows of white folding chairs are visible in the back. A person on the right-hand side of the photo holds a GMHC (Gay Men’s Health Crisis) sign that is shaped like a STOP sign and reads [HIV AND AIDS ATTENTION NEEDED HERE AND NOW]. There is a person at the bottom of the photo who holds a video camera. At the bottom left edge of hte image is a table covered in an orange cloth with a statue of a gold hand in the center and papers and multi-colored feathers spread across it. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: August 2007
- Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
- Subject of: GMHC, American, founded 1981
- 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: 2019.71.23
- 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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