Barbara Chase-Riboud is an American-born and Paris-based creator whose career holds extraordinary creativity and productivity. She moved to Paris in 1961 where she married French photographer Marc Riboud. Her work has since been widely exhibited in numerous institutions in the United States, France and elsewhere in the world, including in Japan, Australia, and Germany.

This photo captures Barbara dancing with James Baldwin on the occasion of the Prix Formentor, an international literary award given between 1961 and 1967,