Big Daddy Kane Getting a Shape Up

Description

A black-and-white photograph of Big Daddy Kane getting his hair trimmed. Kane is sitting in the foreground with a cape draped over his shoulders. His head is tilted to his left as the barber uses electric clippers to shape Kane's box top hair style. The barber is shirtless and also sports a box top, with cuts at his right temple. There is an inscription on the back with the subject, photographer, and date written by Bill Adler.

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Photograph by

Al Pereira, American, born 1963

Subject of

Big Daddy Kane, American, born 1968

Printed by

Bill Adler, American, born 1951

Date

July 12, 1989; printed 2003

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (35.4 × 27.8 cm)

H x W (Image): 13 × 8 5/8 in. (33 × 21.9 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints