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Here we explore 7 of Parks most well-known images to understand his impact not only as a documentary photographer but as an activist. 1. American Gothic (1942) This is probably Parks’ most...
Feb 3, 2021 · Gordon Parks documented deep, wounding issues that have long been a part of the US story. Andrew Dickson explores the work of a man who compared his camera to a weapon, yet shot his photos...
He is best remembered for his iconic photos of poor Americans during the 1940s (taken for a federal government project), for his photographic essays for Life magazine, and as the director of the films Shaft, Shaft's Big Score and the semiautobiographical The Learning Tree .
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- American Gothic, Washington, D.C., 1942. This photo is one of Parks’ earliest and most recognizable works. It depicts Ella Watson, who was a cleaner at the Farm Security Administration (a government agency created in 1937 to combat rural poverty during the Great Depression in the U.S.).
- Red and Herbie Levi At the Funeral of Maurice Gaines, Harlem, New York, 1948 Parks’ first photographic essay, Harlem Gang Leader, appeared in the November 1st issue of Life in 1948.
- Emerging Man, Harlem, New York, 1952 Emerging Man was part of a larger photo essay for Life titled A Man Becomes Invisible. The series was inspired by Ralph Ellison’s book Invisible Man which was released the same year.
- Outside Looking In, Mobile, Alabama, 1956 In 1956, Life published 26 of Park’s rare color photographs under the title The Restraints: Open and Hidden.
Jan 22, 2021 · Smart News | January 22, 2021. Gordon Parks’ Photos Captured Black Life in 20th-Century America. An exhibition at NYC’s Jack Shainman Gallery underscores the contemporary resonance of the...
Nov 15, 2021 · Nov 15, 2021 8:00am PT. 7 Powerful Gordon Parks Photos From the New HBO Documentary About Him. By. Diane Garrett, John Maggio. Courtesy of The Gordon Parks Foundation/Courtesy HBO. “A...
In 1957, Parks was assigned to photograph for a series of articles addressing crime in the United States. With reporter Henry Suydam, Parks shot on the streets of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, producing color images that evoke what Life described as “The Atmosphere of Crime.”.