<I>POCC Ball, Manhattan, NY, 2007</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2007
name: label: Photograph by
content: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: People of Color in Crisis, American, 1989 - 2008
label: Printed by
content: Light Work, American, founded 1973
notes: label: Description
content: A color photographic print of a line of competitors for the "Best Dressed Spectator" category of the 2007 POCC (People of Color in Crisis) Ball in 2007. All the participants are dressed in colorful suits and fedora hats. The man in the forefront of the frame wears a retro patterned suit in shades of brown, beige, and white with cream colored cravat and matching pocket square. He has a gold stem and leave pendant at his collar, a beige fedora hat, and gold sunglasses. A line of other men stands behind him wearing peach-colored suits, green, orange and pink plaid suits and the last man in line in the photograph wears a white suit with spiral designs and he holds a sign with the number 10 on it. A table with trophies is visible behind the row of men. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Manhattan, New York City, New York, 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: Health
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
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: 2019.71.19
objectType: 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) : 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image) : 12 5/8 × 19 in. (32.1 × 48.3 cm)