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I RETURN WITH A FEELING OF US: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ANTHONY BARBOZA

SEPTEMBER 11 - NOVEMBER 23, 2025

This is the first retrospective exhibition of renowned photographer Anthony Barboza (b. 1944).

A New Bedford native of Cape Verdean descent, Anthony Barboza has, throughout his influential career, demonstrated a deep compassion for and interest in telling the stories of Black American life and communities of color worldwide.

Barboza’s photographs resonate with beauty and grace.Return With a Feeling of Us brings together a wide range of his personal and commercial work—including deeply felt observations of racial injustice and economic inequities, innovative fashion photography that helped redefine African-American aesthetics and representation, and masterful, revelatory portraits of celebrities and fellow creatives for which he is best known.

Anthony Barboza, "James Baldwin", Vintage Gelatin Silver Print, 1975
Betty Carter

Anthony Barboza

James Baldwin (1975)

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

20” x 16”

Anthony Barboza

Betty Carter -Musician (1976)

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

20” x 16”

Group

Anthony Barboza

Harlem - Rappin Series (1975)

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

20” x 16”

Portrait

Anthony Barboza

Pat Evans (1971)

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

20” x 16”

Car

Anthony Barboza

The Path- Laura's Eye (1985)

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

Drums

Anthony Barboza

Sun Ra At Knitting Factory (January 11, 1992)

Photograph

Jamaica Kincaid

Anthony Barboza

Jamaica Kincaid (1990)

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

Black and White

Anthony Barboza

Toukie Smith- Model (1980)

Inkjet Print on Hahnemuhle Paper

19” x 13”

Sax

Anthony Barboza

Harlem - Rappin Series (1975)

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

20” x 16”

Sax Group

Anthony Barboza

World Saxophone Quartet
David Murray, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, Hamlet Bluiett
(1977)

Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

20” x 16”