Object Details
- Photograph by
- Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944
- Subject of
- Roberta Flack, American, 1937 - 2025
- Caption
- This photograph of Grammy winning songstress Roberta Flack was captured by Anthony Barboza during a photoshoot for Essence magazine in 1971.
- Description
- A black and white photograph portrait of singer Roberta Flack. Flack stands center frame, arms raised just below shoulder height and spread wide. Her face is turned up and away from the camera, her mouth open in a slight smile. She wears a dark colored dress designed by Elaine Baskin Bey, with metallic embroidered details at the bodice and light colored panels mid-sleeve. On the verso is a black stamp for photographer Anthony Barboza, with details completed by hand in red and blue ink.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1971
- Object number
- 2016.99.34
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Anthony Barboza
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
- H x W (image): 10 3/4 × 10 11/16 in. (27.3 × 27.2 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Photography
- Singers (Musicians)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2016.99.34
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd507c83d2f-bd1f-44f0-9a78-14d310d6cc77
