- Photograph by
- Barboza, Anthony, American, born 1944
- Subject of
- Flack, Roberta, American, 1937 - 2025
- Date
- 1971
- 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)
- 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.
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.99.34
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Anthony Barboza
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




