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Anthony Barboza (born 1944 in
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) is a photographer, historian, artist and writer. With roots originating from
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, and work that began in
commercial art Commercial art is the art of creative services, referring to art created for commercial purposes, primarily advertising. Commercial art uses a variety of platforms (magazines, websites, apps, television, etc.) for viewers with the intent of promo ...
more than forty years ago, Barboza's artistic talents and successful career helped him to cross over and pursue his passions in the fine arts where he continues to contribute to the American art scene. Barboza has a prolific and wide range of both traditional and innovative works inspired by African-American thought, which have been exhibited in public and private galleries, and prestigious museums and educational institutions worldwide. He is well known for his photographic work of jazz musicians from the 1970s – '80s. Many of these works are in his book ''Black Borders'', published in 1980 with a grant from the
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. In an article printed in 1984 in '' The City Sun'', he said, "When I do a portrait, I'm doing a photograph of how that person feels to me; how I feel about the person, not how they look. I find that in order for the portraits to work, they have to make a mental connection as well as an emotional one. When they do that, I know I have it." Many of his photographs achieve his signature effect through the careful use of lighting and shadows, manipulation of the backdrop, measured adjustments to shutter speeds, composition, and many other techniques and mediums at his command. His most recent conceptual photographic artwork exhibit, ''Black Dreams/White Sheets'', has toured internationally and was shown for the first time in New York City at the Bill Hodges Gallery in November and December 2010. Barboza takes a critical look at the role and experiences of the
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in the historical as well as contemporary context of race, sexuality, gender, politics, and social issues in American society and culture.


Career

Barboza came to New York City directly after graduating high school in 1963 at the age of 19 to study photography with
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, a successful Black fashion photographer who became his mentor and allowed Barboza to work for free in exchange for the opportunity to gain experience in the field. Prior to that, he met Adger Cowans, another of the few successful Black commercial photographers of the time, who would introduce Barboza to a group of Black professional photographers who were members of ''The Kamoinge Workshop.'' This group was originally directed by Roy De Carava and was created to promote serious dialogues about photography at a time when African-American photographers were still being discriminated against and excluded from mainstream professional photography. They were professionals who joined forces to support and help promote each other's work by offering group commentary and criticism, and by mounting exhibitions together. Barboza carries on this tradition as the current president of what is now known as ''Kamoinge, Inc.'' and continues to support other Black professional and aspiring photographers in their work. In 1965, Barboza was drafted into the
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and became a full-time photographer for the
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-based newspaper ''The Gosport.'' It was there that he developed his craft and launched his career in a one-man exhibition at the Pensacola Art Museum and the Emily Lowe Gallery at the
University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private university, private research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. , the university enrolled 19,852 students in two colleges and ten schools across over ...
. In 1970, his brother Ken Barboza after serving four years in the US Navy started working part-time and eventually became his full-time agent, representing him and helped opened up his world to fashion and beauty magazine and commercial advertising agencies in New York City where he started.


Photojournalism/editorial spreads

Barboza's work has appeared in photojournalist and editorial spreads for: ''
The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February 21, 1925, by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, a reporter for ''The New York T ...
'', ''
Newsweek ''Newsweek'' is an American weekly news magazine based in New York City. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widely distributed during the 20th century and has had many notable editors-in-chief. It is currently co-owned by Dev P ...
'', ''
Business Week ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', previously known as ''BusinessWeek'' (and before that ''Business Week'' and ''The Business Week''), is an American monthly business magazine published 12 times a year. The magazine debuted in New York City in Septembe ...
'', ''
TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media In mass communication, digital media is any media (communication), communication media that operates in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital content can be created, vi ...
'', ''
National Geographic ''National Geographic'' (formerly ''The National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as ''Nat Geo'') is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. The magazine was founded in 1888 as a scholarly journal, nine ...
'', '' Town and Country'', ''
Village Voice ''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Ma ...
'', ''Vibe'', ''US'', '' Vanity Fair'', ''
People The term "the people" refers to the public or Common people, common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. I ...
'', ''
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'', '' GQ'','' Home'', ''Elle'' (US, Canadian, French, and Spanish editions), '' Elle Decour'', ''
Vogue Vogue may refer to: Business * ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine ** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine ** '' Vogue Adria'', a fashion magazine for former Yugoslav countries ** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine ** ' ...
'', ''
McCalls ''McCall's'' was a monthly American women's magazine, published by the McCall Corporation, that enjoyed great popularity through much of the 20th century, peaking at a readership of 8.4 million in the early 1960s. The publication was establishe ...
'', ''
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'', '' Details'', ''Black Book'', ''
Harper's Bazaar ''Harper's Bazaar'' (stylized as ''Harper's BAZAAR'') is an American monthly women's fashion magazine. Bazaar has been published in New York City since November 2, 1867, originally as a weekly publication entitled ''Harper's Bazar''."Corporat ...
'', ''Self'', '' Glamour'', ''
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Woman's Day ''Woman's Day'' is an American women's magazine that covers such topics as homemaking, food, nutrition, physical fitness, physical attractiveness, and fashion. The print edition is one of the Seven Sisters (magazines), Seven Sisters magazines. ...
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Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan may refer to: Internationalism * World citizen, one who eschews traditional geopolitical divisions derived from national citizenship * Cosmopolitanism, the idea that all of humanity belongs to a single moral community * Cosmopolitan ...
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Black Enterprise ''Black Enterprise'' (stylized in all caps) is an American multimedia company. A Black-owned business since the 1970s, its flagship product ''Black Enterprise'' magazine has covered African American businesses with a readership of 3.7 mil ...
'','' Geo'' (Germany), ''
Art News ''ARTnews'' is an American art magazine, based in New York City. It covers visual arts from ancient to contemporary times. It is the oldest and most widely distributed art magazine in the world. ''ARTnews'' has a readership of 180,000 in 124 co ...
'', '' Washingtonian'', ''
Modern Maturity ''AARP: The Magazine'' is an American bi-monthly magazine, published by AARP, which focuses on aging-related issues. History and operations In 1958, AARP began publishing a magazine titled ''Modern Maturity.'' ''Modern Maturity'' was later spli ...
'', ''Mode'', ''Audubon'', ''
Redbook ''Redbook'' is an American women's magazine that is published by the Hearst Communications, Hearst magazine division. It is one of the "Seven Sisters (magazines), Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines. It ceased print publicatio ...
'', '' Telegraph Magazine'' (U.K.), ''
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Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The co ...
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USA Weekend ''USA Weekend'' was an American weekend newspaper magazine published from 1953 to 2014. Founded as ''Family Weekly,'' it was purchased in 1985 by the Gannett Company, which turned it into a sister publication to Gannett's flagship newspaper '' ...
'', ''
Dance Magazine ''Dance Magazine'' is an American trade publication for dance. It was first published in June 1927 as ''The American Dancer''. ''Dance Magazine'' is currently part of Dance Media, led by longtime arts publisher Joanna Harp as president, and has mu ...
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'', and '' The New York Times Sunday Magazine.''


Advertising

Other work Barboza has done has been for
Coca-Cola Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a cola soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8 billion company beverage servings ...
,
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,
General Motors General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing f ...
,
Kraft Foods Kraft Foods Group, Inc. was an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate (company), conglomerate, split from Kraft Foods Inc. on October 1, 2012, and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It became part of Kraft Heinz on July ...
,
HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American pay television service, which is the flagship property of namesake parent-subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is based a ...
,
Kodak The Eastman Kodak Company, referred to simply as Kodak (), is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in film photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorporated i ...
,
Revlon Revlon, Inc. is an American multinational company dealing in cosmetics, skin care, perfume, and personal care. The headquarters of Revlon was established in New York City on March 1, 1932, where it remains. Revlon was founded by brothers Charle ...
,
AT&T AT&T Inc., an abbreviation for its predecessor's former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the w ...
, the
U.S. Army The United States Army (USA) is the primary land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of the United Stat ...
, the U.S. Marines,
Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including Sony Corporation (electronics), Sony Semiconductor Solutions (i ...
,
Miramax Films Miramax, LLC, formerly known as Miramax Films, is an American independent film and television production and distribution company owned by beIN Media Group and Paramount Global. Based in Los Angeles, California, it was founded on December 19, ...
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Burger King Burger King Corporation (BK, stylized in all caps) is an American multinational chain store, chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacks ...
, Aetna Life Insurance,
Arista Records Arista Records ( ) is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously a division of Bertelsmann Music G ...
,
Nissan is a Japanese multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The company sells its vehicles under the ''Nissan'' and ''Infiniti'' brands, and formerly the ''Datsun'' brand, with in-house ...
, Coors,
Absolut Vodka Absolut Vodka is a brand of vodka, produced near Åhus, in southern Sweden. Absolut is a part of the French group Pernod Ricard. Pernod Ricard bought Absolut for €5.63 billion in 2008 (equivalent to € in ) from the Swedish state. Absolut ...
,
Reebok Reebok International Limited ( ) is an American footwear and clothing brand that is a part of Authentic Brands Group. It was established in England in 1958 as a companion company to J.W. Foster and Sons, a sporting goods company which had bee ...
,
Random House Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the foll ...
, Hanes,
Clairol Clairol is the American personal care-product division of company Wella, specializing in hair coloring and hair care. Clairol was founded in 1931 by Americans Joan Gelb and her husband Lawrence M. Gelb, with business partner and lifelong frien ...
, Amtrak, Bahamas Tourist Board, Avon,
Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American reco ...
, L'Oreal, and many more.


Television

Barboza was a co-director for a TV commercial featuring his friend and jazz legend
Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...
for Dentsu Advertising of Japan.


Art

* 2011 ''Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey'' – Aria Multimedia Entertainment Publ. – Los Angeles, CA * 2010 ''Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment''-2010-Smithsonian Books * 2010 ''Cousin Corrinne's Reminder issue #2''- 2010 – Publ. Cousin Corrine Books-Brooklyn, NY * 2010 ''Whitewall magazine'' -Winter- -publ. – Sky Art Media – NYC * 2010 ''Harlem'' – Rizzoli
Studio Museum The Studio Museum in Harlem is an African-American art museum at 144 West 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Founded in 1968, the museum collects, preserves and interprets art created by African A ...
* 2009 ''Posing Beauty'' – Norton publ. * 2009 ''Picturing New York'' –
Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, a ...
, publ. * 2009 ''100 New York Photographers'' – Schiffer publ. * 2002 ''Day in the Life of Africa'' –
Harper Collins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the " Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster. HarperCollins is ...
publ. * 2001 ''Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers'' –
Brooklyn Museum of Art The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Located near the Prospect Heig ...
in association with Merrell * 2000 ''Jazz: A History of America's Music'' by Geoffrey C. Ward and
Ken Burns Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle American history and culture. His work is often produced in association with WETA-TV or the Nati ...
Alfred A. Knopf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. () is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers ...
publ., NYC * 2000 ''Black Beauty'' by Ben Arongundade (Cover) –
Pavilion Books HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmi ...
, London, UK * 1999 ''The Essence Total Makeover: Body, Beauty, Spirit'' – Crown Publ., NY * 1999 ''Khaki'' “Cut from the Original Cloth” – Tondo Books * 1998 ''Men of Color: Fashion, History and Fundamentals'' by Lloyd Boston Jr. Workman Publ. * 1998 ''Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas'' by Halima Taha- Crown Publ., NY * 1998 ''Commitment: Fatherhood in Black America'' – Museum of Art and Archeology, University of Missouri-Columbia * 1997 ''Dark Eros/Black Erotic Writings'' (Poetry & Nude photos) – St. Martin Press * 1997 ''Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century'' –
Thames and Hudson Thames & Hudson (sometimes T&H for brevity) is a publisher of illustrated books in all visually creative categories: art, architecture, design, photography, fashion, film, and the performing arts. It also publishes books on archaeology, history, ...
, London, UK * 1996 ''Jerusalem – In the Shadow of Heaven'' – Collins Publ. * 1995 ''Essence: 25 Years Celebrating Black Women'' – Abrams, NY * 1994 ''Day in the Life of Israel'' – Viking * 1994 ''Artist and Influence Vol XIII'' (Cover) – Hatch-Billops Collection * 1993 ''African Americans'' – Viking * 1992 ''Songs of My People'' – Little Brown * 1992 ''Shooting Stars'' – Stuart, Tabori & Chang * 1992 ''Flesh & Blood'' – Picture Project * 1992 ''Color of Fashion'' – Stuart, Tabori & Chang/Kodak * 1992 ''Day in the Life of Hollywood'' – Collins Publ. * 1992 ''Outtakes'' (Portfolio) – I.C.P. * 1990 ''The Meaning of Life'' – Time/Life * 1989 ''Black Photographers 1940–1988'' (Portfolio) – Garland publ. * 1988 ''International Photo Magazine Ten''. 8 (Cover, Portfolio) London * 1986 ''Cliches Magazine'' 26 International Edition (Portfolio) * 1985 ''American Photography'', Vol. 1 * 1984 ''A World History of Photography'', by Naomi Rosenbloom * 1983 ''Macmillan's Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists and Innovators'' – Macmillan Publ., NY * 1982 ''Verlag Photographers'' – Polaroid Corp. * 1981 ''Camera Arts Magazine'' (Portfolio) * 1981 ''SX-70'' Lustrum Press * 1981 ''Fashion Theory'' – Lustrum Press


Permanent collections

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Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Located near the Prospect Heig ...
, Brooklyn, NY *
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall ( zh, t=中正紀念堂, p=zhōngzhèng jìniàntáng, poj=Tiong-chèng-kí-liām-tn̂g) is a national monument and tourist attraction erected in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of C ...
, Taipei, Taiwan *
Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...
, Ithaca, NY *
Howard University Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and accredited by the Mid ...
, Washington, DC * Mott-Warsh Collection, Detroit, MI *
Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, a ...
, NYC, NY *
National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to: * National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra * National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred *National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C. *National Portrait Gallery, London ...
,
Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, Education center, education and Research institute, research centers, created by the Federal government of the United States, U.S. government "for the increase a ...
, Washington, DC *
National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in ...
, Washington, DC *
New Jersey State Museum The New Jersey State Museum is located at 195-205 West State Street in Trenton, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The museum's collections include natural history specimens, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, and cultural history and fin ...
, Trenton, NJ * Orleans Public Library, Orleans, NY * Polaroid Collection, Polaroid Corp., Cambridge, MA *
Schomburg Center The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a research library of the New York Public Library (NYPL) and an archive repository for information on people of African descent worldwide. Located at 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue) be ...
, New York Public Library, NYC, NY *
Studio Museum The Studio Museum in Harlem is an African-American art museum at 144 West 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Founded in 1968, the museum collects, preserves and interprets art created by African A ...
of Harlem, NYC, NY * The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD *
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. The permanent collection of the museum spans more than 5,000 years of history with nearly 80,000 works from six continents. Follow ...
, Houston, TX *
University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It is the oldest public university in the country. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the British colony of the Gold Coast ...
, Ghana *
University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countries. It also has 34 ...
, Mexico City, Mexico


Exhibitions

* 2024-2025 ''The ’70s Lens: Reimagining Documentary Photography'', National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC * 2010 ''Black Dreams/White Sheets'', Bill Hodges Gallery, NYC, NY * 2010 ''We Want Miles'' –
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is an art museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest art museum in Canada by gallery space. The museum is located on the historic Golden Square Mile stretch of Sherbrooke Street west. The MMFA ...
, Montreal, Canada * 2010 ''Posing Beauty'' – Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Quebec, Canada * 2009 ''We Want Miles'' – Citi de la Musique, Paris, France * 2009 Champs Elysees Photo Festival (Paris, France) * 2009 African American Museum of Nassau County, NY * 2006 Sheldon Art Gallery, St. Louis, Mo. (One-man Show, ''Jazz Moves'') * 2006
Nordstrom Nordstrom, Inc. () is an American Luxury goods, luxury department store chain headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin in 1901. The original store operated exclusively as a shoe store, and a seco ...
Dept. Stores, 14 Stores (Group Show – ''Kamoinge'') * 2003–2006 MTA New York City Transit Light Box Project 42nd & 6th Avenue Station (''Jazz Moves'' – Solo) * 2001, May – 2002, Feb
Missouri History Museum The Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, showcases Missouri history. It is operated by the Missouri Historical Society, which was founded in 1866. Museum admission is free through a public subsidy by the Metropolita ...
, St. Louis, MO (Group exhibit ''Miles Davis Retrospective'') * 2001
Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Located near the Prospect Heig ...
, NY (Group show, ''Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers'') * 1999
Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, Education center, education and Research institute, research centers, created by the Federal government of the United States, U.S. government "for the increase a ...
, Washington, DC (Group exhibit, ''Seeing Jazz'') * 1999 UFA Gallery, NYC (Group Show, ''Jazz Plus'') * 1997
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall ( zh, t=中正紀念堂, p=zhōngzhèng jìniàntáng, poj=Tiong-chèng-kí-liām-tn̂g) is a national monument and tourist attraction erected in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of C ...
, Taipei, Taiwan (Group Show, ''International Exhibition of Photography & Related Visual Arts'') * 1996 Robert Mann Gallery, NYC (One-Man Show, ''Piano for Days'') * 1996 Gallerie im Haus 19, Munchen, West Germany (Group show, ''FE:MALE, The Beauty of Human Form'') * 1990 Time-Life Tour (Group show ''Songs of My People'') * 1990 Cinque Gallery, NY (Two-Man show, ''Jazz'') * 1989
Drew University Drew University is a private university in Madison, New Jersey, United States. It has a wooded campus. As of fall 2020, more than 2,200 students were pursuing degrees at the university's three schools. While affiliated with the Methodism, Me ...
(One-Man show) * 1989 Washington, DC, Project of the Arts (Group show, ''The Blues Aesthetic Black Culture and Modernism'') * 1985 City of Munich, West Germany (Group show,'' Nude in Photography''). Exhibition and Book * 1984
photokina Photokina is a trade fair held in Europe for the photographic and imaging industries. It is the world's largest such trade fair. The first Photokina was held in Cologne, Germany, in 1950, and since 1966 it has been held biennially in Septemb ...
, West Germany (Group show) * 1982
Studio Museum The Studio Museum in Harlem is an African-American art museum at 144 West 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Founded in 1968, the museum collects, preserves and interprets art created by African A ...
of Harlem, NYC (One-man show, ''Introspect'') * 1982
photokina Photokina is a trade fair held in Europe for the photographic and imaging industries. It is the world's largest such trade fair. The first Photokina was held in Cologne, Germany, in 1950, and since 1966 it has been held biennially in Septemb ...
West Germany (Group show) * 1978
Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, a ...
, NYC (Group show, ''Mirrors and Windows: American since 1960'') * 1975
International Center of Photography The International Center of Photography (ICP) is a photography museum and school at 84 Ludlow Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. ICP's photographic collection, reading room, and archives are at Mana Contemporary in Jer ...
, NYC (Group show ''Kamoinge Workshop'') * 1974 James Vanderzee Institute, Friends Gallery of New York (One-man show) * 1974 Light Gallery, NYC (One-man show) * 1974 Columbia College of Chicago (Group show) * 1973 Light Impressions Gallery, Rochester, NY (One-man show) * 1972 Floating Foundation of New York City (Group show) * 1972
Studio Museum The Studio Museum in Harlem is an African-American art museum at 144 West 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Founded in 1968, the museum collects, preserves and interprets art created by African A ...
of Harlem, NYC (Group show: ''Eye rap'') * 1971
Studio Museum The Studio Museum in Harlem is an African-American art museum at 144 West 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Founded in 1968, the museum collects, preserves and interprets art created by African A ...
of Harlem, NYC (Group show: ''The Kamoinge Workshop'') * 1971
Addison Gallery of American Art Addison may refer to: Places Canada * Addison, Ontario, a community United States * Addison, Alabama, a town * Addison, Illinois, a village * Addison, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Addison, Maine, a town * Addison, Michigan, a vil ...
s, Andover, Mass. (One-man show) * 1971
Studio Museum The Studio Museum in Harlem is an African-American art museum at 144 West 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Founded in 1968, the museum collects, preserves and interprets art created by African A ...
of Harlem, NYC (''One a Piece'') * 1969 Swain School of Design, New Bedford, Mass. (One-man show) * 1969 Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida (One-man show) * 1968
Morgan State College Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 1890, the university, then known a ...
, Baltimore, MD (One-man show) * 1967 Emily Lowe Gallery, University of Miami, FL (One-man show) * 1966 Pensacola Art Museum, Pensacola, FL (One-man show)


Publications


Film documentary

* Ken Burn's ''
Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...
'', PBS Broadcast, 2001


Oral history

* ''Oral History Interview With Anthony Barboza'', Smithsonian Archives of American Art, 2009


Books

* ''Eye Dreaming: Photographs by Anthony Barboza''. By Anthony Barboza, Aaron Bryant, and Mazie M. Harris, with an introduction by Hilton Als. Published by J. Paul Getty Museum, October 2022. * ''Black Borders''. Photographs by Anthony Barboza, text by
Ntozake Shange Ntozake Shange ( ;
FilmReference.com. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
October 18, 1948 – October 27, 2018 ...
and Steven Barboza. Self-published 1980, with a grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the feder ...


Lectures

* 2011 ''Black Portrait Symposium'',
Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...
, New York University, NY * 2009
Nassau Community College Nassau Community College (NCC) is a Public college, public community college in the East Garden City, New York, East Garden City section of Uniondale, New York, Uniondale, Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on Long Island, New York (state), N ...
, Long Island, NY * 2007 Columbia College of Photography, Chicago, IL * 2005
Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...
, New York University, NY * 2002 Wadsworth Anthenum, Hartford, CT * 2001
Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase th ...
, Providence, RI * 1993 Guest teacher (one semester,)
Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...
, New York University, NYC, NY * 1991
Rochester Institute of Technology The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York, Rochester. It was founded in 1829. It is one of only two institute of technology, institut ...
, Rochester, NY * 1989 Lowell University, Lowell, MA * 1985
Ohio University Ohio University (Ohio or OU) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus in Athens, Ohio, United States. The university was first conceived in the 1787 contract between the United States Department of the Treasury#Re ...
, Athens, OH * 1986
Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational lib ...
, Oberlin, OH * 1983
International Center of Photography The International Center of Photography (ICP) is a photography museum and school at 84 Ludlow Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. ICP's photographic collection, reading room, and archives are at Mana Contemporary in Jer ...
, NYC, NY * 1983 Columbia College of Photography, Chicago, IL * 1982 Massachusetts State Council of the Arts * 1975
International Center of Photography The International Center of Photography (ICP) is a photography museum and school at 84 Ludlow Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. ICP's photographic collection, reading room, and archives are at Mana Contemporary in Jer ...
, NYC, NY


Columns

* 2009–present Monthly column, "BL!NK", '' www.Southcoasttoday.com''


Grants

* 2000 New York Foundation of the Arts * 1980
National Endowment of the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the feder ...
* 1976 & 1974 New York State Council of the Arts


Service

* 1998–2000 Associate Curator of Photography for the 2001 exhibition ''Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers'',
Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Located near the Prospect Heig ...
, Brooklyn, NY * 1981 Panelist-judge,
National Endowment of the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the feder ...
* 1978 Panelist-judge, Massachusetts State Council of the Arts * 1973 Panelist-judge, New York State Council of the Arts


Personal life

Anthony Barboza is married to Laura Carrington,Barboza, Anthony
"BL!NK: For Laura, with love"
Retrieved February 12, 2010.
a starring actress in the 1984
Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores; writing and recor ...
video number one hit, "Hello". She is also a groundbreaking daytime soap opera actress who played the role of Simone Ravelle Hardy on the soap opera "
General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera created by Frank and Doris Hursley which has been broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC since April 1, 1963. Originally a half-hour seria ...
" from 1987 to 1989. They have been married for more than 25 years and live in
Westbury, New York Westbury is a Village (New York), village in the town of North Hempstead, New York, North Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore of Long Island, in New York (state), New York, United Stat ...
with their three children Danica Barboza, Alexio Barboza and Lien Barboza. He also has two children, Leticia Barboza and Laryssa Gobets from his first marriage to Maria Correa.


References

* Bey, Dawoud, ''"A Light from a Darkroom."'' ''The City Sun'', Arts Section, August 1, 1984: 15, 18. Print. * Shumard, Ann, "Oral History Interview With Anthony Barboza," Smithsonian Archives of American Art, November 18–19, 2009.
Oral history interview with Anthony Barboza, 2009 November 18–19
* Ryan, Ken, "East Meadow Resident Displays Famous Jazz Photos," eastmeadowpatch.com. Retrieved February 12, 2011
East Meadow Resident Displays Famous Jazz Photos
* Jacobson, Aileen, "A Photographer Shares the Work That Fed His Soul", ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...
'', February 15, 2009: 8. Print. * 100 New York Photographers, Cynthia Maris Dantzi and Black Photographers
Artistic Signatures, ink.
* “Anthony Barboza in Conversation with Bill Gaskins.” Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, vol. 2015, no. 37, Nov. 2015, pp. 16–27. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1215/10757163-3339827.


Notes


Sources and further reading

*
Wilmer, Val Valerie Sybil Wilmer (born 7 December 1941) is a British photographer and writer specialising in jazz, gospel, blues, and British African-Caribbean music and culture. Her notable books include ''Jazz People'' (1970) and ''As Serious As Your Life ...
, ''Barboza: The Music of Ourselves'', Ten.8, No.24, 1986


External links


Black Dreams/White Sheets by anthony barboza

"Anthony Barboza – Home Portfolio"
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Collection Highlights
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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110930201414/http://www.mbam.qc.ca/milesdavis/en/expo.html WE WANT MILES* ttp://mlk.geneseo.edu/barboza.htm "Souls of Black Genius: Images of Sound and Vision — An exhibit of photographs by Anthony Barboza" February 3 – March 3, 2010, Kinetic Gallery
CATE , POSING BEAUTY

"Oral history interview with Anthony Barboza, 2009 Nov. 18–19"
from the Smithsonian
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Photograph of James Baldwin, 1975, in the collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art
* New book

is edited by Anthony Barboza, President of Kamoinge, Inc, and Herb Robinson, Coedited by Vincent Alabiso, Foreword by Quincy Troupe

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