<I>Back in the Days</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1981; printed 2021
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: This is a color archival pigment print from the negative. The photograph depicts a full-length image of two youths as they pose on a busy sidewalk in Times Square, each in a b-boy stance with arms crossed and one foot slightly forward. The youth on the left is dressed in a white tank top, black pants, and teal low-top sneakers with dark blue fat laces. shoes. He is accessorized with three necklaces, a bracelet, and a black belt with a gold-colored [$] belt buckle. The youth on the right is dressed in a red, ¾ sleeve shirt, blue jeans, and white Adidas with wide, red laces. He is wearing a belt with a Puerto Rican flag on his proper left side, and a cloth hanging out of his backside pocket. Both of them are wearing low-top sneakers and caps in the style of a Kangol Ventair.
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Break dancing
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Youth
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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 Jamel Shabazz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.69.3
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jamel Shabazz
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment-based ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)