Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Rude Boy
early 1980s; printed 2010
Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
This color photograph shows a young man posing in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York in the early 1980s. The young man is dressed in a gray pinstriped suit and is wearing two gold chains and several gold rings. He is posed, leaning forward, with his hand on his chin. The back of the photograph is inscribed with the title and photographer Jamel Shabazz’s signature.
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Catalog reference: 2014.84.1
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