Photographic print of MC Shan, NYC
date: label: Date
content: May 1990
name: label: Photograph by
content: Al Pereira, American, born 1963
label: Subject of
content: MC Shan, American, born 1965
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of MC Shan sitting on a white counter top in front of a mirror.
label: Description
content: The image captures from the counter up, the bottom of Shan's legs out of frame. His body is facing the proper right side of the image and he is looking at the camera, leaning his elbows on his proper right knee, which is bent and raised slightly. He is wearing a black sweatshirt with white text and black pants. The top of the sweatshirt is white with thin black horizontal stripes. A tiled wall and door is visible in the mirror behind him, along with a light or camera flash.
label: Description
content: On the back of the print is an inscription handwritten by Bill Adler identifying the subject, location, date, and photographer.
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
label: Topic
content: Rappers (Musicians)
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: 2015.132.296
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Al Pereira
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. 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 (Sheet): 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 12 15/16 × 8 5/8 in. (32.9 × 21.9 cm)