<I>Keith Shocklee on his Magnificent Music Machine, Hofstra U.</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1980s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Harry Allen, American, born 1964
label: Subject of
content: Keith Shocklee, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Hofstra University, American, founded 1935
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Keith Shocklee at Hofstra University.
label: Description
content: Shocklee is pictured in the center of the image, leaning over a record on a turntable. He is wearing headphones and a dark t-shirt with a necklace and has a mustache. To his proper right is a mixer. Crates of record are visible behind him, with one record sleeve pulled up and out an angle. A handwritten label on the record reads [DAVY X (FRESH)]. Several pieces of equipment are stacked behind him to the other side. Next to the turntable is a sign with the [SHURE] logo and the text [World's best pickup]. The only inscription, on the verso, reads [H / 12]
place: label: Place captured
content: Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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: 2015.132.40
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Harry Allen
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 (Sheet): 14 9/16 × 19 3/8 in. (37 × 49.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 12 × 17 15/16 in. (30.5 × 45.5 cm)