Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Father and Son
early 1980s; printed 2010
Downtown, 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 father carrying his son on his shoulders in the Downtown Brooklyn section of New York in the early 1980s. The father and son wear similar outfits with graffiti art on the back of their jackets. The back of the photograph is inscribed with the title and photographer Jamel Shabazz’s signature.
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Catalog reference: 2014.84.7
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