Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of U.S. Military Cadet Kesha Brown, by Platon. Brown is depicted from the thighs up, standing, and facing the viewer with a serious expression on her face. Her proper right arm is resting at her side and her proper left arm is holding her marching band hat against her other side. She is wearing a fitted, medium tone, military parade jacket with seven horizontal lines of braid across the chest that terminate in a clover-shaped design and are accented. The braid and cuffs are accented with dome-shaped, metal buttons. On her proper right bicep is a patch with three chevrons. Pinned to her proper left shoulder is a medal with an eagle device. Tucked into the crook of her proper left arm is a shako-style, marching band hat with a large black feathered plume, a black patent leather visor, chain visor trim, and a West Point crest shield emblem. She is also wearing white pants, white gloves, and has a sword and scabbard attached to her proper left hip. The background of the photograph is bright white. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Platon, British, born 1968
- Subject of
- Kesha Brown, American
- United States Military Academy, American, founded 1802
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- Date
- 2008; printed 2019
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
- Medium
- pigment on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 21 5/16 × 20 in. (54.1 × 50.8 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
- H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
- Type
- pigment prints
- portraits
