Photograph of Nina Simone recording the song "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
date: label: Date
content: 1964
name: label: Created by
content: Bernard Gotfryd, Polish American, 1924 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003
notes: label: Description
content: A gelatin silver print of Nina Simone during the recording of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood." The black-and-white image depicts Simone on the left side of the image, standing in the doorway of a recording booth, the hanging microphone visible through the window in the front of the booth. Simone stands with her hands in front of her, holding a piece of paper. The top of a black grand piano is in the foreground. A stamp on the verso reads [Please Credit: / Photo by / Bernard Gotfryd].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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content: Composers (Musicians)
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content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
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content: Jazz (Music)
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content: Photography
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content: Popular music
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content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.132.6.1
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)