<I>The Crew</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1985; printed 2021
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960
notes: label: Description
content: This is a color archival pigment print from the negative. The photograph depicts a group of eleven members of the TML Breakers, ranging in age. They are posed in various hip hop stances around a boom box, with seven standing behind it on a platform. They are all dressed in hip hop fashion, wearing sweaters, vests, and leather jackets with low-top sneakers with fat laces. For accessories, they have hats, jewelry, and Cazal-like glasses.
label: Description
content: There are three TML Breakers custom garments being showcased by the members: a red crewneck on the left with white printed [T.M.L. / (silhouette of a pose) / BREAKERS], a denim jacket painted with [LiL / STEVE] held at the center by a young child wearing a large [FRESH] necklace, and a second denim jacket painted with [TML] on the right. The background is a graffitied wall.
label: Description
content: There no inscriptions on the print, front or back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Break dancing
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: 2021.63.4
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)