<I>Ifa Blessing</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2012
name: label: Created by
content: John Simmons, American, born 1950
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white gelatin silver photograph titled “Ifa Blessing” by John Simmons. The photograph captures an Ifa divination rite over a body of water located at the left foreground, surrounded by small boulders and tall trees. Several people dressed in white are sitting or standing against the rocks. The rite is likely led by the most foreground person on the right. The figure's proper right arm is raised in the air as everyone in the background looks in the direction of the figure.
label: Description
content: The photographer signed the print in the front, lower right corner in black ink [John Simmons, ASC] with the title, location, and date in lower left corner in black ink [Ifa Blessing – CA 2012].
place: label: Place captured
content: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Nature
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Religious rituals and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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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 the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.39.42
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © John Simmons
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 10 1/2 × 14 in. (26.7 × 35.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)