Photograph of Queen Latifah and associates, cover shoot for The Takeover
date: label: Date
content: 2000
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Queen Latifah, American, born 1970
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Queen Latifah and associates.
label: Description
content: Queen Latifah is standing in the center of the image. She is wearing a white button down shirt, a black suit jacket, black pants, and black heels. She has shoulder length hair. Her arms are down by her sides and her feet are spread apart. She is standing on a decorative rug and there is a table around her that is almost a full circle. There is an opening in the front. There is a light fixture hanging down from the ceiling and there are tall windows covered in blinds in the background. She is surrounded by twenty-four (24) male and female associates, standing and sitting around the outside of the table. The mean are wearing white shirts, suits, and ties, and the women are wearing white shirts, suit jackets, skirts, tights, and black shoes. The women in the front are sitting with one leg crossed over the other.
label: Description
content: There is not border around the image. The back of the photograph is white. There are small tears, rip, and creases in several areas. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the bottom right side, handwritten in black ink. There is another inscription by another hand handwritten vertically up the bottom right side in blue ink.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Business
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: 2015.132.109
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 on Fome-Cor (TM)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 26 1/16 × 30 1/16 × 3/16 in. (66.2 × 76.3 × 0.5 cm)