Photograph of LL Cool J in Hollis, Queens
date: label: Date
content: 1993
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: LL Cool J, American, born 1968
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of LL Cool J.
label: Description
content: He is wearing a red shirt with black, blue, yellow, and white stripes and a black, yellow, and white jacket. He is wearing a necklace and a black cap. His proper left hand is on his forehead. He is smiling and has a goatee. There is a bright light in the top proper left corner.
label: Description
content: There is a white border around the image. It is thinnest on the two sides, thicker on the top, and thickest on the bottom. There is a tear and some yellowing on the top from where a piece of tape used to be. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There are tears on the top and on the sides from where tape used to be. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the bottom, handwritten in blue ink.
place: label: Place captured
content: Hollis, Queens, 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: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.132.95
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Michael Benabib
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 17 1/16 × 11 in. (43.3 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 11 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (30.3 × 21.5 cm)