Essex Hemphill, Hobart Street, Los Angeles is an editioned photograph by Lyle Ashton Harris printed on the occasion of Primary Information’s publication of THING magazine. Taken in 1992 and selected from the artist’s archive, the work depicts the late writer, performer, and activist Essex Hemphill, who was featured alongside Harris in the pages of THING.

Produced in an edition of 25, the pigment print is accompanied by a full-color facsimile reproduction of a postcard originally sent by Hemphill to Harris in 1992, as well as a touching remembrance of Hemphill written by the artist in March 2025 titled “Reflections on a Queer Soul Brother.”

Lyle Ashton Harris (born 1965 in Bronx, New York) has cultivated a diverse artistic practice, ranging from photography and collage to video installation and performance art, examining the impact of race, gender, and desire on the contemporary social and cultural dynamic globally through intersections of the personal and the political. His artwork is included in numerous public and private collections internationally as well as being featured in several published monographs and widely exhibited, including by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Portrait Gallery, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Tate Modern, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others.

8 x 10 inches (paper size)
6 x 9 inches (image size)
Digital pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag
Edition of 25 + 5 APs
Signed and numbered on verso
1992/2025