dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Image): 9 1/8 × 13 11/16 in. (23.2 × 34.8 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Type:
chromogenic color prints
portraits
digital prints
Place depicted:
Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1980; printed 2010
Description:
This color photograph shows young boys opening a fire hydrant on a summer day in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, in 1980. One boy opens the hydrant, while the other five stand to the side on the sidewalk. The back of the photograph is inscribed with the title and photographer Jamel Shabazz’s signature.