Object Details
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Naomi Wadler, by Platon. The close-up of Wadler depicts her from the neck up. She has a serious expression on her face and is looking directly at the viewer. She has three short curls resting on her forehead. Both sides of her face, part of her chin, and neck are heavily shadowed. The background of the photograph is black. 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
- Naomi Wadler, American, born 2006
- Date
- 2018; 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): 19 13/16 × 15 13/16 in. (50.3 × 40.2 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
