Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of Sean Combs
2001
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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.
A black and white photograph of Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. He is wearing a black tank top that reads [Sean John] in white, jeans, sunglasses, a ring and bracelet on his proper right arm, and a chain necklace with a large cross. The cross is on his proper right shoulder above a "Bad Boy" tattoo. He is pointing to the left with his proper right hand. He has a mustache and the background is black. There is white space above and below the image. The back of the photograph has light grey text on the back, repeated in diagonal lines and facing the right side. There is a series of letters and numbers printed vertically down the top center. There is an inscription by Bill Adler at the bottom, handwritten in blue ink.
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Catalog reference: 2015.132.119
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