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Negatives for the first two images may have been exposed on the same day, while the third photo was taken at a later time. [5] The original images of Peter and Gordon, and at least two other known photos of contrabands photographed by McPherson & Oliver, were taken in a "makeshift studio with a hanging sheet for a backdrop and bare ground". [21]
As the title suggests the works are often photographs about photography. Gordon's images are a part of an early discourse about how society has used photography as a means of representation. Though he is theorizing about the medium, his images are often witty, sometimes humorous, while formally exploring the exotic of the everyday.
Gordon Parks was an American photographer who, through a fellowship from the Rosenwald Fund, arrived in Washington D.C. in January 1942, where he gained employment at the Historical Section of the Farm Security Administration under the management of Roy Stryker.
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. 1943: Harlem through the lens of legendary photographer ...
Image Title Date Photographer Location Format Notes Cited survey(s) The Mime Charles Deburau as Pierrot: 1854 Nadar: Paris, France Salt print: The photograph is part of a series taken during the 1850s. [d] [s 1] The Cook House of the 8th Hussars: April 1855 Roger Fenton: Crimea: Salt print [s 2] Valley of the Shadow of Death: 23 April 1855 ...
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Gordon Parks (1912–2006), assigned by Life in 1963 to travel with Malcolm X and document the civil rights movement. [13] He was also involved with the movement on a personal level. In 1947, Gordon Parks documented Drs. Kenneth B. and Mamie Phipps Clark's "Doll Test", pictures that were published in Ebony that year.
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