Photograph of Grandmaster Flash, NYC, late eighties
date: label: Date
content: late 1980s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Grandmaster Flash, American, born 1958
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of Grandmaster Flash.
label: Description
content: He is wearing a white t-shirt with a drawing of a face on it. It has text on it which reads [You got a problem?]. He is also wearing a white cap, a necklace, and has a mustache. His arms are behind his back and he is standing in front of a white wall.
label: Description
content: There is a white border around the image. It is thinner on the two sides and thicker on the top and bottom. The back of the photograph has light grey text repeated upside down in diagonal lines. There is a tear on the left side from where tape used to be, and there are two pieces of tape at the top. There is also a yellow post-it note on the right side near the top. There is an inscription by Bill Adler on the bottom, handwritten in blue ink.
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hip-hop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2015.132.88
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Michael Benabib
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): 15 7/8 × 11 in. (40.3 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 10 7/8 × 10 3/4 in. (27.6 × 27.3 cm)