Chromogenic print of Lee Perry in the Swiss Alps
date: label: Date
content: 1989
name: label: Photograph by
content: Adrian Boot, British, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: Lee Perry, Jamaican, 1936 - 2021
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of Lee “Scratch” Perry in the Swiss Alps, 1989, Zurich, Switzerland.
label: Description
content: He is sitting on a large rock with his legs spread far apart. He is wearing black clothes and black boots. He is wearing a red and gold jeweled crown with a red and gold robe with white fur. He is holding a gold scepter in his proper right hand and a sphere with gold details and a cross on top in his left hand. He has dark black hair and a mustache and beard, and he is wearing several metal chains and medallions. There is a Swiss flag waving in the proper top left corner. The foreground is rocky. There is water and snow in the background as well as a snowy mountain top. The sky appears to be foggy.
label: Description
content: There is a white border around the image. The border is thicker on the top and bottom and thinner on the two sides. The back of the photograph has two Kodak logos repeated in gold. There is a torn piece of tape at the top on the right side. There is an inscription at the bottom, handwritten by Bill Adler.
place: label: Place captured
content: Zurich, Switzerland, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Reggae (Music)
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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: 2015.132.157
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Adrian Boot
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 14 1/8 × 11 in. (35.8 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 10 5/8 × 10 9/16 in. (27 × 26.9 cm)