Photographic print of Rob Base
date: label: Date
content: January 3, 1989
name: label: Photograph by
content: Al Pereira, American, born 1963
label: Subject of
content: Rob Base, American, born 1967
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Rob Base captured on Stuart Street in Brooklyn.
label: Description
content: Base is captured in the center of the image, from the waist up, against a plain white interior wall. He is wearing a sweatshirt that reads [ROB BASE & D.J. E-Z Rock / It Takes Two] with a picture of Base with E-Z Rock in the center. He also wears a twisted gold chain with a Mercedes logo medallion. He looks straight at the camera and is posed with both hands raised in fists at shoulder height. He has a square shaped ring on his proper right hand and an oversized circular ring on his proper left hand. There are shadows on the wall behind him and to the left the edges of several picture frames and a lamp is visible. To the right is a potted vine growing over a ring form. The verso has an inscription by Bill Adler reading [Rob Base by Al Pereira, Stuart Street, Brklyn 1-3-89].
place: label: Place captured
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Gesture
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: 2015.132.307
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Al Pereira
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): 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 8 9/16 × 13 in. (21.7 × 33 cm)