Photographic print of Run-DMC-JMJ and Rick Rubin
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1987
name: label: Photograph by
content: Sebastian Piras, Italian, born 1960
label: Subject of
content: Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Run, American, born 1964
label: Subject of
content: Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964
label: Subject of
content: Jam Master Jay, American, 1965 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Rick Rubin, American, born 1963
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Run-DMC-JMJ with Rick Rubin.
label: Description
content: Run-DMC is standing in some steps in front of a building. JMJ is on the proper right side. He is wearing a black coat, black leather pants, a helix chain necklace, and a ring on his proper right hand. He is also wearing a black hair. Rick Rubin is standing in front of him. He has long hair and a beard and mustache. He is wearing a light colored coat with a hood and dark pants. His proper right hand is in front of his face and he appears to be scratching his upper lip. Run is on the proper left side of the steps. He is wearing a dark colored had and a black coat. DMC is in front of him. He is wearing a black shirt, black track pants, and a black coat. He is also wearing a black hat, black glasses with tinted lenses, a helix chain necklace with a shoe on it, and rings on his fingers. There is a camera man in the foreground with his back turned towards the viewer. He is wearing a denim jacket and a headband around his ears. He is wearing fingerless black gloves and is working with a large video camera. The building is made of bricks. It has decorative front doors, a porch light, and trees to the side.
label: Description
content: There is a white border around the image. it is thicker on the top and bottom and thinner on the two sides. It is signed under the image on the proper left side [Sebastian Piras 04]. The back of the photograph is white. There are two marks on the top where tape used to be. There is an inscription on the bottom and going up the right side, handwritten by Bill Adler.
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.132.328
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Sebastian Piras Photography, NTC.
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 8 7/8 × 13 1/2 in. (22.5 × 34.3 cm)