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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans—and in glamour photography.
A Great Day in Hip Hop is a black-and-white photograph of over 200 hip hop artists and producers in Harlem, New York, taken by photographer Gordon Parks on September 29, 1998. [1] It was commissioned by XXL magazine, as a homage to Art Kane's A Great Day in Harlem, photographed in 1958. [2]
Parks then spoke with Watson and, after discovering her poor living condition, Parks decided to compose a photograph of her standing in front of the flag of the United States while holding a mop and a broom. [18] Parks would later name the photograph "American Gothic" in reference to the painting of the same name by Grant Wood. [18] [19]
The exhibition celebrates the recent publication of an expanded (179 photos) and redesigned edition of the book, edited by the Gordon Parks Foundation with new essays by scholars Nicole R ...
Stunning black-and-white images from over 70 years ago show what life used to be like in one of Manhattan's most famous neighborhoods.
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The Gordon Parks Foundation Annual Awards Dinner had drawn a full house of supporters. “So don’t get shy when that time comes around; don’t get shy because now more than ever we have to ...
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