<I>Dominique, European Runway, POSSE Ball, Philadelphia, 2017</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2017
name: label: Photograph by
content: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
label: Printed by
content: Light Work, American, founded 1973
notes: label: Description
content: A color photographic print portrait of Dominique, who walks European Runway category at The Greatest Show on Earth POSSE Ball in Philadelphia in 2017. Dominique is pictured standing against a dark grey background holding a trophy shaped like a ferris wheel. She wears a pink and blue ensemble and a large yellow Afro wig. Her face is painted white with an exaggerated mouth painted on in purple glitter and large pink feather eyelashes with black polka dots just beneath her lower lashline. Her ensemble is composed of a blue and pink tie-dye body suit beneath a ruffled shoulder and sleeve piece and lace-up corset made of a thick, leather-like material in an iridescent purple, pink, and blue print. Her skirt is composed of ribbons of the same fabric flowing from the corset. She wears a pink bejeweled collar necklace and a pink flower in her hair. She stands with her proper left hand on her left hip and holds the trophy in her right. The trophy is shaped like a black ferris wheel and is adhered to a plaque that reads "The Greatest Show on Earth/ POSSE Ball” / 3/25/17 / Grand Prize." There are no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Sexuality
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Legendary Portraits
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: 2019.71.7
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Gerard Gaskin
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on Canson Baryta photographique paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet) : 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image) : 19 × 12 5/8 in. (48.3 × 32.1 cm)