Ntozake Shange - poet
- Photograph by
- Barboza, Anthony, American, born 1944
- Subject of
- Dr. Shange, Ntozake, American, 1948 - 2018
- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
- H x W (image): 10 1/8 × 10 1/4 in. (25.7 × 26 cm)
- Description
- This is a black and white photograph of Ntozake Shange. The image is blurred with movement; Shange appears to rock back and forth. She is seated wearing a dark dress with large, embroidered sleeves. Light and reflective surfaces surround Shange, giving the image a dream-like quality. Shange sits looking down with her hands in her lap. The image is bordered in a narrow black line from the original negative frame. The image is on a white background. Below the image at the bottom of the sheet is hand-written black text listing the title, date, and artist's signature.
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Photography
- Poetry
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.152.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Anthony Barboza