Brooklyn Museum: Photography: America (Snoop Dogg)

America (Snoop Dogg)

Snoop Dogg is part of Andres Serrano's series America. It attempts to document the current social reality of the U.S.A. In addition to Snoop Dogg, the series includes images of such diverse personalities as a Playboy Bunny, a homeless man, a firefighter, a street vendor, a boy scout, and an assistant at an investment bank. Undertaking the series in response to the shock of 9/11, Serrano set out to answer the question of who we are and what the diversity of America actually looks like. He captures the humanity of his subjects while at the same time the scale of the figures, as they are positioned within the picture frame, gives them almost heroic proportions.

Artist: Andres Serrano, American, born 1950
Medium: Cibachrome print
Dates: 2002
Dimensions: 45 1/4 x 37 5/8 in. (114.9 x 95.6 cm)
Collections: Photography
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 2004.19
Edition: Edition: 2/7
Credit Line: Gifts of Joseph P. Carroll, Rosemary McNamara, and Mr. and Mrs. William A. Putnam, by exchange
Image: Overall, 2004.19.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Collections: Photography: America (Snoop Dogg)