<I>Profile</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1974
name: label: Photograph by
content: Hugh Cecil Lancelot Bell, American, 1927 - 2012
label: Published by
content: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white gelatin photograph of two faces captured up close against a black background, light reflecting on their faces around the cheeks. To the left a woman's face is shown in profile to the camera, eyes closed. At right and center, a man's face looks directly at the camera, the left side in shadow. On the verso are two separate inscriptions, one in black ink reading [love / can be black] and a second in black permanent marker reading [2 Head / she lesbian / he gay]. The artist's signature [Hugh Bell] is also on the verso in blue ink.
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Sexuality
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
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, generously supported by the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.85.1
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © The Estate of Hugh Bell
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and gelatin on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (image): 9 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (23.2 × 15.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (sheet): 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)