<I>Jameil, Pepper LaBeija Ball, Brooklyn, NY, 1998</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1998
name: label: Photograph by
content: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965
label: Printed by
content: Light Work, American, founded 1973
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photographic print portrait of Jameil, captured at the Pepper LaBeija Ball in Brooklyn in 1998. Jameil is pictured center frame, standing in front of a white wall and next to a short flight of stairs leading to a closed door. She is wearing an elaborate feather costume consisting of a feathered halter bra top, feathered bikini bottom with feathered skirt inthe back, and a large feathered head piece with ostrich plumes arranged around the outside. There is also a feather cape-like piece arranged around her shoulders. Three strands of beads drape across her mid-section and she holds a single ostrich feather in her proper right hand. Her left hand holds onto the banister next to her. She looks straight at the camera, her proper left knee bent and right hip popped to the side. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Sexuality
label: Topic
content: Urban life
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Legendary
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: 2019.71.30
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Gerard Gaskin
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on Canson Baryta photographique paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet) : 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image) : 19 × 12 11/16 in. (48.3 × 32.2 cm)