<I>Self-portrait</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2008
name: label: Photograph by
content: Lola Flash, American, born 1959
label: Subject of
content: Lola Flash, American, born 1959
notes: label: Description
content: An inkjet print self-portrait of the photographer, Lola Flash. Flash is depicted from the hips up, standing against a plain white studio background. They wear a black tuxedo jacket over a black t-shirt with a NYC subway map graphic. They are looking directly at the camera and gripping a black bulb-shaped shutter release in their proper right hand. Their proper left hand is tucked into their hip pocket. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Black geographies
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: surmise series
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 through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.57.2
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Lola Flash
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 21 7/8 × 17 5/8 in. (55.6 × 44.7 cm)