Photograph of Big Youth performing at Reggae Sunsplash
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1979
name: label: Photograph by
content: Adrian Boot, British, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: Big Youth, Jamaican, born 1949
label: Subject of
content: Reggae Sunsplash, Jamaican, founded 1978
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of Big Youth performing at Reggae Sunsplash at Jarrett Park.
label: Description
content: The photograph contains two images. There is a black line down the center, separating both rectangular images. Big Youth is wearing a read knit cap, a red t-shirt, a silver chain necklace, several rings on his proper left hand, a watch on his proper left wrist, and a bracelet on his proper right wrist. He has a thick black beard and mustache, as well as jewels on several of his top teeth. In the proper right image his is holding a microphone up to his mouth with his proper left hand. Two of his fingers are sticking up and he is holding the chord with his right hand. In the left image his hands are down and he is smiling. The background is out of focus in both images.
label: Description
content: There is a think black border around the images with a white border around that. The white border is thinner on the two sides and thicker on the top and bottom. The back of the photograph has two Kodak logos repeated in gold. There is an inscription on the bottom left side, handwritten by Bill Adler.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Montego Bay, Cornwall County, Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America
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: 2015.132.156
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): 11 × 14 1/16 in. (27.9 × 35.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Overall Image): 9 3/4 × 13 9/16 in. (24.7 × 34.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Left Image): 9 3/4 × 6 13/16 in. (24.7 × 17.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Right Image): 9 3/4 × 6 13/16 in. (24.7 × 17.3 cm)