<I>Michaela Coel photographed for Essence magazine</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2019; printed 2022
name: label: Photograph by
content: Dana Scruggs
label: Subject of
content: Michaela Coel, British, born 1987
label: Subject of
content: Essence Magazine, American, founded 1970
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of Michaela Coel captured by Dana Scruggs for Essence magazine. The photograph of Coel, taken in Brooklyn, New York, depicts her in a twirling pose.
label: Description
content: Coel is shown in full length, wearing a sleeveless blue dress with a deep, rounded neckline and a pleated, layered, maxi skirt. She is holding an edge of each of the skirt’s layers in each hand. Her arms are fully extended out to her sides and she is twirling the skirt, which is flowing in two different directions. Her body is turned towards the left edge of the image and her face is turned in the other direction, over her proper left arm. She is looking up and to the right. In the background is a reddish brown wall with peeling paint. Coel is standing slightly off center and has a diagonal spotlight falling on her. Coel’s hair is cropped short and she is wearing thick gold hoop earrings.
label: Description
content: The photograph has white borders; two wide top and bottom borders, and two thin side borders.
label: Description
content: The verso is plain white. In the bottom left quadrant, is the artist’s signature, the print’s edition number, and print date handwritten in black ink that reads [Dana Scruggs / 1/7 + 2 AP / 2022[underlined]].
place: label: Place printed
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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, purchased through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.32.4
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Dana Scruggs
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 44 1/8 × 47 1/16 in. (112 × 119.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 30 1/16 × 45 in. (76.4 × 114.3 cm)