<I>DMC on the set of "Tougher than Leather"</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1987
name: label: Photograph by
content: Sebastian Piras, Italian, born 1960
label: Subject of
content: Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964
label: Subject of
content: Run-D.M.C., American, 1981 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Adidas AG, German, founded 1948
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of DMC holding a hat.
label: Description
content: He is sitting and is holding a hat in his proper left hand. His arm is raised and bent at the elbow. His right arm is down by his side. The inside of the hat is facing out. It is a black hat with white fabric on the inside and a black and red [RUN / DMC] logo. There is also a small white bow inside the hat. DMC is wearing a red, white, and black RUN DMC long sleeve shirt. There is an Adidas logo on the right shoulder and there is a silhouette of a city skyline on the shirt. He has a goatee and is wearing thick black glasses with tinted lenses and a silver helix chain necklace with a silver sneaker on it. The photographer signed the photograph diagonally in black ink on DMC's arm [Sebastian Piras/04]. There is a man standing behind DMC. He is wearing blue jeans and a red Adidas jacket. Only part of his left arm and left leg can be seen.
label: Description
content: On the verso is an inscription in blue ink on the bottom of the photograph, handwritten by Bill Adler.
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)
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2015.132.324
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Sebastian Piras Photography, NTC.
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 10 5/16 × 12 1/4 in. (26.2 × 31.1 cm)