
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.I 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 (1975)
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
20” x 16”
Anthony Barboza
Betty Carter -Musician (1976)
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
20” x 16”

Anthony Barboza
Harlem - Rappin Series (1975)
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
20” x 16”

Anthony Barboza
Pat Evans (1971)
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
20” x 16”

Anthony Barboza
The Path- Laura's Eye (1985)
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

Anthony Barboza
Sun Ra At Knitting Factory (January 11, 1992)
Photograph

Anthony Barboza
Jamaica Kincaid (1990)
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print

Anthony Barboza
Toukie Smith- Model (1980)
Inkjet Print on Hahnemuhle Paper
19” x 13”

Anthony Barboza
Harlem - Rappin Series (1975)
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
20” x 16”

Anthony Barboza
World Saxophone Quartet
David Murray, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, Hamlet Bluiett (1977)
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
20” x 16”