<I>Roberta Flack</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1971
name: label: Photograph by
content: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944
label: Subject of
content: Roberta Flack, American, 1937 - 2025
notes: label: Caption
content: This photograph of Grammy winning songstress Roberta Flack was captured by Anthony Barboza during a photoshoot for Essence magazine in 1971.
label: Description
content: 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.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.99.34
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Anthony Barboza
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 10 3/4 × 10 11/16 in. (27.3 × 27.2 cm)