Photographic print of Tenor Saw
date: label: Date
content: 1986
name: label: Photograph by
content: Wayne Tippetts, English, born 1959
label: Subject of
content: Tenor Saw, Jamaican, 1966 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Christopher Tulluice Edwards, Jamaican
label: Subject of
content: Kangol, British, founded 1938
notes: label: Description
content: Two prints (.1 and .2) of a black and white vertical diptych photograph featuring Jamaican dancehall artist Tenor Saw.
label: Description
content: Both images depict Tenor Saw standing next to a turntable and singing into a microphone. The turntable appears in the foreground, with Tenor Saw behind it, wearing a light-colored check shirt and a flat top cap. In the top image, he looks straight at the camera, holding a microphone in his proper right hand. In the bottom image, his face is turned in profile to the camera, and the microphone is held in his proper left hand. In both images, studio engineer and mixer Tulluice stands to Tenor Saw's left, wearing a Kangol hat. Behind them is a crowd of people. In the background is a building facade with a doorway at center and a window on either side.
label: Description
content: The images have a thin black border around them. The back of 2015.132.420.1 is solid white and has an inscription on the bottom, handwritten by Bill Adler, identifying the subject, date, and photographer. The back of 2015.132.420.2 has two Kodak logos repeated in gold.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dancehall (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Reggae (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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: 2015.132.420.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white photographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Wayne Tippetts
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 (2015.132.420.1 Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.420.1 Image): 13 1/2 × 10 3/16 in. (34.3 × 25.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.420. Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.132.420.2 Image): 13 1/8 × 9 7/8 in. (33.3 × 25.1 cm)