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Ray Francis

1972; printed February 2018

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of Kamoinge Workshop member, Ray Francis, captured by Anthony Barboza. The close-up portrait depicts Francis from the neck up. He is facing the viewer with his head slightly tilted and turned towards the left side of the image. He is looking towards the left. Francis is wearing a medium tone, collared, corduroy shirt and thick, plastic, square framed glasses. He also has a trimmed, horseshoe-style mustache. Beneath the image in the bottom left corner is the title, year, and edition number handwritten in black ink: [Ray Francis 1972 1/5]. In the bottom right corner is photographer’s signature in black ink: [A. Barboza]. The verso of the photograph has a handwritten inscription and photographer’s signature written in black ink just above the cente: [Kamoinge 1972 / 1st set of 5 / printed on Hahnemuhle / Feb 2018 / Anthony Barboza].

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Catalog reference: 2022.39.9

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