Young Girl: Museum Object and Cultural History
Young Girl: Date: 1988; printed 2010. Photograph by: Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960. Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women.
The object in the museum catalogue
This color photograph shows a young woman posing in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York in 1988. The young woman is standing in front of a brick wall with graffiti on it. A Walkman is clipped to her belt. The back of the photograph is inscribed with the title and photographer Jamel Shabazz’s signature.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1988; printed 2010
- Photograph by: Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960
- Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
- Printed by: Sunshine Color Lab, American
- Type: chromogenic color prints
- Type: portraits
- Type: digital prints
- Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 12 11/16 × 9 9/16 in. (32.2 × 24.3 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
- Place depicted: Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Identity
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: Urban life
- Object number: 2014.84.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jamel Shabazz
- 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: © Jamel Shabazz Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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