<I>Untitled (Kwame Brathwaite Self Portrait at AJASS Studios)</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1964; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Kwame Brathwaite, American, 1938 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: Kwame Brathwaite, American, 1938 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: African Jazz-Arts Society and Studios, American, founded 1956
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph, Untitled (Kwame Brathwaite Self Portrait at AJASS Studios), by Kwame Brathwaite. The photograph depicts Brathwaite from the shoulders up. He is positioned left of center, looking at the viewer, with a serious expression on his face. At the center of the image is a medium format camera mounted on the tripod. In his proper left hand he is holding the camera’s shutter trigger release and he is holding proper right hand at chest level with his thumb and middle finger touching. Brathwaite is wearing a medium tone sports coat with thin, light pinstripes over a black shirt. The background of the photograph is black. The square shaped image has a thick white border. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place captured
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Black is Beautiful
label: Movement
content: BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
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: 2021.26.9
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Courtesy of the Kwame Brathwaite Archive & Philip Martin Gallery, © Kwame Brathwaite
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm)