Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop | Art & Artists

Nov 21, 2020–Mar 28, 2021


Exhibition works

15 total
Ming Smith
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Ming Smith


A close up portrait of a face.
A close up portrait of a face.

Anthony Barboza, Ming Smith, 1972. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 10 3/16 × 6 5/16 in. (25.9 × 16 cm); image, 8 3/8 × 5 5/8i n. (21.3 × 14.3 cm), frame: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art.  © Anthony Barboza

Ming Smith

Born in Detroit, MI

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Two kites hanging from a ceiling.
Two kites hanging from a ceiling.

Ming Smith, Kites Inside, Columbus, Ohio, c. 1972 Gelatin silver print: sheet, 3 7/8 × 5 13/16in. (9.8 × 14.8 cm); image, 3 7/8 × 5 13/16in. (9.8 × 14.8 cm); mount, 14 × 11 × 1/16in. (35.6 × 27.9 × 0.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Anne Levy Fund 2017.194

Kites Inside, Columbus, Ohio, c. 1972

A power line in front of a fence.
A power line in front of a fence.

Ming Smith, Sun Breeze after the Bluing, Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1972. Gelatin silver print: frame, 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Aldine S. Hartman Endowment Fund. © Ming Smith

Sun Breeze after the Bluing, Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1972

Children standing on a street.
Children standing on a street.

Ming Smith, Onlookers, Isle de Gorée, Senegal, c. 1972. Gelatin silver print: frame, 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm); image, 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Aldine S. Hartman Endowment Fund. © Ming Smith

Onlookers, Isle de Gorée, Senegal, c. 1972

A shadow of a person against a cement wall.
A shadow of a person against a cement wall.

Ming Smith, Untitled, Harlem, NY, c. 1973. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm); image, 12 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (31.8 × 22.2 cm); frame, 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund. © Ming Smith

Untitled, Harlem, NY, c. 1973

A man stands in front of American flags.
A man stands in front of American flags.

Ming Smith, America Seen through Stars and Stripes, New York City, New York, c. 1976. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 15 3/4 × 20 in. (40.01 × 50.8 cm); image, 12 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (31.75 × 46.99 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund. © Ming Smith

America Seen through Stars and Stripes, New York City, New York, c. 1976

Two women in fancy hats sit next to each other.
Two women in fancy hats sit next to each other.

Ming Smith, Amen Corner Sisters, Harlem, NY, 1976. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 20 1/16 × 16 in. (51 × 40.6 cm); image, 18 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (47 × 31.8 cm); frame, 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund. © Ming Smith

Amen Corner Sisters, Harlem, NY, 1976

A figure in sunglasses, a hat and a cape.
A figure in sunglasses, a hat and a cape.

Ming Smith, Sun Ra space II, New York City, New York, 1978. Sheet: 10 3/4 × 13 7/8 in. (27.3 × 35.2 cm), Image: 8 3/4 × 12 1/4 in. (22.2 × 31.1 cm), Frame: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund. © Ming Smith

Sun Ra space II, New York City, New York, 1978


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