<I>Samuel L. Jackson</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2002; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Samuel L. Jackson, American, born 1948
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Samuel L. Jackson, by Platon. Jackson is depicted seated, facing the viewer, with his legs crossed in front of him. His chin is tilted downwards but he is looking up towards the viewer with a serious expression on his face. His brow is furrowed, and his proper left eyebrow is raised. His proper left forearm is folded across his waist. His proper right hand is cradling the top side of his face near his proper right eye with his pinky and ring fingers curled over his eye and his thumb, forefinger, and middle finger splayed over his temple. He is wearing a light tone coat with a round, fur collar and tortoise shell buttons, and jeans. He is wearing an analog wristwatch with a round face on his proper left hand and a bangle bracelet on his proper right hand. The background of the photograph is a white halo effect around Jackson with a gray to black gradient around the edges. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.33.36
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Platon
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 19 3/4 × 16 5/8 in. (50.2 × 42.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)