<I>The Xmen</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1985; printed 2021
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: The photograph depicts a full-length image of seven youths, three in the front row half crouched and four behind, standing on an AA and E train waiting platform in Manhattan. All of them, posed with their arms in the air and around one another, are dressed in hip-hop fashion. They are wearing shorts with low top sneakers and fat laces. Four of them are wearing polos with three wearing tank tops. For accessories, some are wearing rings, necklaces, bracelets, Cazal-glasses, and/or hats.
label: Description
content: The background is white subway tile with a three-tile wide strip of a darker color. There are several tiles missing on the left side. Above the group is a subway sign with black text [Downtown / & Brooklyn], a dark blue circle with white text [AA], a light blue circle with white text [E], and black text reading [To Chambers St / World Trade Center].
label: Description
content: There are no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Youth
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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 purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.63.1
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jamel Shabazz
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment-based ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)