Photograph of Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopez on set of "Red Light Special" video
date: label: Date
content: 1994
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Lisa Nicole Lopes, American, 1971 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: TLC, American, founded 1990
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopez.
label: Description
content: She is wearing a yellow suit with a red shirt underneath. She also has a cheetah print cape with a yellow fur collar. She is wearing a black hat, several rings, and red heels, and she has a thick black line under her proper left eye. She is lounging in a large white and brown chair with her head tilted to the proper right side and her left hand holding on to a black cane. There is shirtless man in short silver shorts and boots in the background. The floor and walls are marbled. The photograph was taken from above, looking down on her.
label: Description
content: There is a thin black border around the image with a white border around it. The white border is thinner on the two sides and thicker on the top and bottom. There is a small piece of tape at the top as well as a tear where a piece of tape used to be. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated in diagonal lines. There are two yellow post-it notes at the top and there is also a tear where a piece of tape used to be. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the bottom, handwritten in blue ink.
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
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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: 2015.132.94
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 × 11 in. (43.2 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 15 3/8 × 10 13/16 in. (39 × 27.4 cm)