<I>Ming Smith</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1972; printed February 2018
name: label: Photograph by
content: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944
label: Subject of
content: Ming Smith, American
label: Subject of
content: Kamoinge, American, founded 1963
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Kamoinge Workshop member, Ming Smith, captured by Anthony Barboza. The close-up portrait depicts Smith from the neck up. She is facing the viewer with her chin tilted slightly downwards and turned towards her proper left shoulder. The proper left side of her face is in shadow.
label: Description
content: Beneath the image in the bottom left corner is the title, year, and edition number handwritten in black ink that reads [Ming Smith 1972 1/5]. In the bottom right corner is photographer’s signature in black ink that reads [A. Barboza].
label: Description
content: The verso of the photograph has a handwritten inscription and photographer’s signature written in black ink: [Kamoinge 1972 / 1st set of 5 / printed on Hahnemuhle / Feb. 2018 / Anthony Barboza].
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Kamoinge Portraits of the Time 1972
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
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: 2022.39.6
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: inkjet prints
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: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (28 × 21.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 8 3/16 × 5 1/2 in. (20.8 × 14 cm)