Photograph of MC Hammer in New York City
date: label: Date
content: 1988
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: MC Hammer, American, born 1962
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of MC Hammer.
label: Description
content: He is wearing black leather pants, a long black leather trench coat, and black shoes. He is also wearing tinted glasses, a watch, a bracelet, and several rings on both hands. He is standing on a sidewalk in NYC. The background is out of focus. He has a mustache. His proper right foot is turned to the side, his left leg is bent with his toes touching the ground, and his arms are out in front of him and to the side, mid-dance.
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. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There are four yellow post-it notes on the top, two on either side. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the bottom, handwritten in blue ink.
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: Dance
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Popular 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: 2015.132.101
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Michael Benabib
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 12 1/2 × 9 1/16 in. (31.8 × 23 cm)