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Photograph - Hakim Jamal, Portobello Road, 1971
  • Hakim Jamal, Portobello Road, 1971
    Charlie Phillips, born 1944
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Hakim Jamal, Portobello Road, 1971

  • Object:

    Photograph

  • Place of origin:

    London, England (photographed)

  • Date:

    1971 (photographed)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Charlie Phillips, born 1944 (photographer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line:

    Supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund.

  • Museum number:

    E.262-2011

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case 82EE, box 4

  • Image in copyright

Flat to Let Sign in the Window of a Newsagent, corner of Ladbroke Grove and Chesterton Road, c.1959, Portobello Road, 1974, The Pisshouse Pub, 1969, Hakim Jamal, Portobello Road, 1971, Vim In Chair, 2002, Notting Hill Couple, 1967, Free Darcus Howe Protest, August 1970, Westbourne Park Tube Station, 1967, Q Club Regulars, 1966, Big Maybelle, Q Club, 1966 are ten photographs acquired by the V&A for the HLF 'Staying Power' project. 'Staying Power' is a 5-year collaborative venture between the V&A and the Black Cultural Archives (BCA). The project aims to explore the Black British experience from 1950 to the 1990s through photographs acquired by the V&A and oral histories conducted by the BCA.

Physical description

A black and white photograph by Charlie Phillips of three men on Portobello Road, London, the centre figure being Hakim Jamal, gelatin silver print, 1971.

Place of Origin

London, England (photographed)

Date

1971 (photographed)

Artist/maker

Charlie Phillips, born 1944 (photographer)

Materials and Techniques

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Length: 192 mm image size, Height: 192 mm image size, Height: 254 mm paper size, Length: 204 mm paper size

Descriptive line

A black and white photograph, 'Hakim Jamal, Portobello Road, 1971' by Charlie Phillips, 1971.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Roots to Reckoning; the photography of Armet Francis, Neil Kenlock and Charlie Phillips, London : Seed Publications, 2005
Image appears on page 76 with the text:
"Hakim Jamal was an American Black Panther who moved to London in 1965. In 1972 he and his girlfriend Gale Benson followed Michael X to his commune in Trinidad, where Benson's murder led to Michael X's arrest and execution."

Associated names

Hakim Abdullah Jamal; Black Panther Party

Materials

Photographic paper

Techniques

Gelatin silver process

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O1225391
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