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Serena and Venus

Object Details

Description
Digital scan of a 35mm black and white negative of Venus and Serena Williams. Both girls are featured in profile and facing the left of the image. They are wearing matching printed shirts. Venus (foreground) has her head upward and looks out in front of her. Serena has her head looking slightly down at one of her hands.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by
Roderick J. Lyons, American, born 1950
Subject of
Venus Ebony Starr Williams, American, born 1980
Serena Jameka Williams, American, born 1981
Date
1991
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Roderick Lyons
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 4191 pixels × 2822 pixels
File size: 33.87 MB
Type
portraits
digital images
digital media - born analog

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