Ming Smith

Leopard Shirt Man, in Front of Apollo, Harlem, NY
c. 1975

A black and white photograph showing a group of people at a bus station at night, with a prominent figure in a leopard print top facing away from the camera. The scene is illuminated by a single overhead light, and the edges of the photo include the sprocket holes of the film strip, indicating it is a film photograph.

A black and white photograph showing a group of people at a bus station at night, with a prominent figure in a leopard print top facing away from the camera. The scene is illuminated by a single overhead light, and the edges of the photo include the sprocket holes of the film strip, indicating it is a film photograph.

Not on view

Date
c. 1975

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm) Image: 18 3/8 × 12 5/8in. (46.7 × 32.1 cm)

Accession number
2017.188

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Ming Smith

API
artworks/56151

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