<I>Rasta Church in Bedstuy, Blessing</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2007; printed 2021
name: label: Photograph by
content: Chester Higgins, American, born 1946
label: Subject of
content: Emperor Haile Selassie, Ethiopian, 1892 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: The Church Haile Selassie I, Jamaican American, founded 1987
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A pigment print photograph depicting the Rastafarian community at the Brooklyn site of The Church Haile Selassie I, in the middle of a service. Captured within in the wooden pews on the side of church where the women sit, the priest presents an open book to a woman dressed in a white dress and headscarf, who bows to it. The priest wears a long gold robe with stripes of red and green on its sleeves, and a white long sleeve shirt beneath the robe. A woman wearing a white dress and pink headscarf holds a small child in her arms and stands in the aisle behind the priest and bowing woman. Two young girls, also dressed in white, the smallest one wearing an ornate red, gold and green headscarf – the other in a long white headscarf, stand in the same aisle as the priest, and face forward. A white and red “EXIT” sign, black-and-white clock, and variously sized frame art, adorn the two walls visible in the photograph. The photograph is set in matte white backing and on the reverse is Chester Higgins’s Eye of Horus trademark stamp and signature.
place: label: Place captured
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rastafarianism
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Spirituality
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Worship services
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
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: 2022.18.5
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: pigment prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Chester Higgins, All Rights Reserved
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 6 × 9 in. (15.3 × 22.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 6 15/16 × 10 in. (17.7 × 25.4 cm)