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Photograph by:
Tony Mobley, American  Search this
Printed by:
Full Circle Fine Art Services, Inc., American, founded 1987  Search this
Subject of:
Unidentified Man or Men  Search this
Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this
Medium:
ink on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 6 11/16 × 10 in. (17 × 25.4 cm)
H x W (sheet): 8 11/16 × 12 in. (22 × 30.5 cm)
Type:
portraits
digital prints
Place depicted:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
2020
Description:
This is a color print depicting a man and a woman in Black Lives Matter t-shirts. The man standing on the left wears a sleeveless black t-shirt with yellow text that reads “BLACK / LIVES / MATTER.” The text is bracketed above and below by a horizontal line consisting of triangles in red, green, and blue. The man wears black pants and a patterned face mask and round sunglasses. He holds his right fist in the air next to his right shoulder. He has several bracelets around his right wrist and necklaces of different length around his neck. His left arm is around the woman standing next to him who also wears a sleeveless black t-shirt with yellow text that reads “BLACK / LIVES / MATTER.” The text is bracketed above and below by a horizontal line consisting of triangles in red, green, and blue. The woman wears black pants, a black hip bag, a yellow patterned face mask and round sunglasses. She holds her left fist in the air next to her left shoulder. In the background is the water of the National Reflecting Pool. A crowd of people can be seen gathered on the opposite side of the pool.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Activism  Search this
Art  Search this
Local and regional  Search this
Photography  Search this
Resistance  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2021.77.1
Restrictions & Rights:
© Tony Mobley
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Portfolio/Series:
Surviving Summer
Classification:
Photographs and Still Images
Movement:
Black Lives Matter
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fa388dcf-c2d2-4c3c-9b61-2669b9ed9f1f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.77.1