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Photograph by:
Devin Allen, American, born 1989  Search this
Subject of:
Unidentified  Search this
Sarah Sioux, American  Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
H x W: 4320 pixels × 6480 pixels
File size: 160.23 MB
Type:
digital images
digital media - born digital
Place captured:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Date:
December 1, 2015
Caption:
Rainy Days in Baltimore :: #imagelogger :: #DVNLLN - Devin Allen (@bydvnlln), Instagram, 12/01/2015.
Description:
A color digital photograph by Devin Allen of an unidentified person walking past an illustration painted on a blighted building in Baltimore, Maryland, by artist Sarah Sioux. The person holds a large black umbrella over their head, obscuring their face, and walks toward the right side of the frame on a brick sidewalk. Behind the person is a building with boarded up doors and windows. Signs and stickers are adhered to the boarded windows around a large black and white mural of a person's face wearing a baseball cap backwards and surrounded by meandering lengths of chain with snake heads on the end, referencing the mythical character Medusa. Blue handwritten text on the cheeks of the illustration reads "George Clinton / says the same / help the homeless / [illegible signature]" and "Stop / Denying / Homeless / [illegible] / Are / Around !!!".
160.23 MB
Topic:
African American  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Art  Search this
Local and regional  Search this
Photography  Search this
Urban life  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Devin Allen
Object number:
2016.98.25
Restrictions & Rights:
© Devin Allen
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
Classification:
Media Arts-Photography
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51b42dd64-0501-40ba-a64e-89171679f0d0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.98.25