Photograph of Flavor Flav wearing Italia hat, NYC, 1992
date: label: Date
content: 1992
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Flavor Flav, American, born 1959
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of Flavor Flav.
label: Description
content: He is wearing a white jacket over a black shirt. He is wearing sunglasses with lights reflected in them and has "grillz" on his teeth. He is wearing a white baseball cap with a red brim. It is sideways and reads [ITALIA] with green and red text. The background is beige.
label: Description
content: 2015.132.86.1 has a white border around it. It is thinner on the two sides and thicker on the top and bottom. It is signed in black ink on the proper left side under the image. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There is a piece of tape on either side near the top. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the bottom, handwritten in blue ink. 2015.132.86.2 has a white border around it. It is thinnest on the two sides, thicker on the top, and thickest on the bottom. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated in diagonal lines. There are tears on the top and sides where tape used to be and there are two yellow post-it notes at the top. 2015.132.86.3 has a white border around it. It is thicker on the two sides and thinner on the top and bottom. The back of the photograph has grey printed text, repeated diagonally. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the bottom left side, 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: Fashion
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: 2015.132.86.1-.3
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 (2015.132.86.1 Sheet): 16 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (43.1 × 27.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.86.1 Image): 12 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (32.9 × 25.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.86.2 Sheet): 16 1/2 × 11 in. (41.9 × 28 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.86.2 Image): 13 × 9 15/16 in. (33 × 25.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.86.3 Sheet): 20 × 15 7/8 in. (50.8 × 40.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.86.3 Image): 18 7/8 × 12 11/16 in. (48 × 32.3 cm)