Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of jazz musician and composer Woody Shaw playing the trumpet during a performance in Miami, FL. Shaw is photographed from an extreme low angle and his trumpet, which is out of focus, extends past the top of the frame. Shaw has his eyes closed while playing and wears a dark shirt.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- David D. Spitzer, American
- Subject of
- Woody Shaw, American, 1944 - 1989
- Date
- 1978
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 13 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. (35 x 23.8 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 13 7/8 x 10 9/16 in. (35.3 x 26.8 cm)
- H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
