Skip to main content

Link to Smithsonian homepage

Smithsonian Music

Main menu

  • Calendar
  • Listen
  • Learn
    • Ask Smithsonian
    • Collections Spotlights
    • Music Stories
  • Watch
  • Blog

Photograph of Big Boi of Outkast at a Spin magazine photo shoot

Object Details

Description
A black-and-white photograph of the hip hop artist, Big Boi (Antwan André Patton), of Outkast. Big Boi, pictured center, is posing facing the viewer. He is wearing a Fila track suit, a necklace with a large pendant, and a baseball cap with a depiction of a Native American on the front panel. Big Boi’s proper left hand is held at his side, while his proper right hand is raised, with his thumb and index fingers pinching the visor of his cap. On the back is an inscription written by Bill Adler with the subject and photographer's name.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Janette Beckman, English, born 1950
Subject of
Big Boi, American, born 1975
Outkast, American, founded 1992
Date
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): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
H x W (Image): 12 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (32.4 × 26.4 cm)
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits

Featured In

  • Hip-Hop and Rap Across the Smithsonian
  • Music and Fashion
  • African American Music:African American Music
  • African American Music:African American Music
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.
View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Link to Smithsonian homepage

  • About
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • YouTube
  • Twitter
Back to Top