Kobe Bryant

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 Kobe Bryant, by Platon. The close-up of Bryant depicts him from the neck up. He is facing the viewer with his eye closed, and has a serious expression on his face. He has a trimmed mustache, goatee, and chin beard. His neck and the proper right side of his face are heavily covered in shadows. 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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