Spike Lee

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 Spike Lee, by Platon. The close-up of Lee only shows his face which is heavily shadowed. Lee is looking directly at the viewer and has a serious expression on his face. His eyebrows are slightly raised, and he is wearing black, round frame glasses and a stud earring in his proper left ear. He has a beard and mustache. His hair, the sides of his face, and the bottom of his beard are heavily shadowed. The background of the photograph is black. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.

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