<I>Andre Benjamin</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2008; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: André 3000, American, born 1975
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Andre Benjamin, by Platon. Benjamin is depicted half crouching on a wooden stump. His proper right foot is flat on the top of the stump, his knee is drawn up, and he’s leaning his torso against his proper right thigh. His proper left leg is planted on the other side of the stump. His hands are bracing him one either side of the top of the stump. His proper left thumb and forefinger are slightly curled under. Benjamin’s head is tilted towards his proper left shoulder, and he is looking at the viewer with a serious expression on his face. He is wearing a wrinkled, light tone collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, dark socks, and thin, loose jeans with the pant leg rolled up to his calf. He is also wearing lace up suede shoes, a watch on his proper left wrist, and a leather cuff on his proper right wrist with the text [[---?]NDR[---?]] tooled on the top. The background of the photograph is bright white. 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: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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: 2021.33.44
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): 20 15/16 × 20 in. (53.2 × 50.8 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)