<I>Blueprint</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2001
name: label: Created by
content: Terry Boddie, American, born 1965
notes: label: Caption
content: ARTIST STATEMENT: In the image Blueprint, I juxtapose the image of a housing project on 135th Street and Broadway in Harlem, with the slave ship icon that shows the way African [sic] were stowed in the holds of the ships on the journey from the African continent to the Americas and the Caribbean. The title Blueprint suggests that both of these acts were premeditated. One was to efficiently expedite the shipment of as many bodies that could physically fit into the holds of the ships. The other was to warehouse the descendants of those Africans post-Emancipation in as efficient a manner as possible. The color blue also references the blues, the uniquely American musical idiom created by enslaved African [sic] in response to their social and political position within American society. -- Terry Boddie, 2017
label: Description
content: Photographic print by Terry Boddie. The blue print shows two (2) images referencing housing issues among Africans and African Americans. The lower image is a detail view of the conditions for enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage. The illustration of a ship’s cargo hold shows each figure lying confined in rows. The upper half shows a multi-story housing project at 135th Street and Broadway in Harlem. The white paper is visible around the border with some staining on the edges. The work is signed on the bottom. The print is adhered to a Fome-Cor board.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Housing
label: Topic
content: Middle Passage
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
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: 2017.75
objectType: label: Type
content: photographic prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Terry Boddie
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Gelatin silver emulsion, iron blue toner on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 22 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. (57.2 × 74.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Frame): 28 11/16 × 35 15/16 × 1 11/16 in. (72.8 × 91.3 × 4.3 cm)