Kelis

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 color photograph of Kelis, by Platon. The close-up of Kelis shows her in profile facing the right edge of the photograph. She is depicted from the shoulders up, leaning slightly forward, her forehead tilted downwards. Her shoulder length hair is hanging loosely in thick curls around her face. Her hair is yellow with green and blue balayage tips. She is wearing a dark turtleneck shirt and has a silver chain around her neck. 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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