The Photography of Gordon Parks - LIFE
WEBLearn about Gordon Parks, one of the many photographers for LIFE who captured some of the most iconic pictures from the US & around the World.
A Fierce and Tender Eye: Gordon Parks on Poverty’s Dire Toll - LIFE
WEBIn June 1961, LIFE magazine published a story that, at the time, was astonishing not only for its unflinching coverage of abject poverty, but for the tender and fierce way that photographer Gordon Parks chronicled lives crushed and twisted beneath that poverty’s relentless pressure.
How LIFE Photographer Gordon Parks Documented Black Humanity
WEBThe photo essays Parks produced, primarily for LIFE magazine from the 1940s to the 1970s, on issues relating to poverty and social justice, established him as one of the era’s most significant interpreters of American society.
Gordon Parks, a Brazilian Child, and an Exposé that Shocked
WEBDec 13, 2018 — On assignment for Life magazine in the early sixties, Parks traveled to Rio de Janeiro with the mandate to produce a visual exposé on poverty that would elicit empathy.
Life Magazine and the Power of Photography - Gordon Parks
WEBJun 21, 2020 — Offering an in-depth look at the photography featured in Life magazine throughout its weekly run from 1936 to 1972, this exhibition examines how the magazine’s use of images fundamentally shaped the modern idea of photography in the United States.
‘A Long Hungry Look’: Forgotten Gordon Parks Photos Document ...
WEBDec 24, 2014 — BOSTON — In 1950, Gordon Parks was the only African-American photographer working for Life magazine, a rising star who was gaining the power to call his own shots, and he proposed a cover...
Life magazine: The photos that defined the US - BBC
WEBMar 11, 2020 — With its cohort of star photographers such as Gordon Parks, Margaret Bourke-White and Alfred Eisenstadt, Life helped pioneer US photojournalism. Many of the photographs became iconic works of...
Gordon Parks and "Harlem Gang Leader" - Google Arts & Culture
WEBIn 1948, Gordon Parks (American, 1912–2006) became the first black photographer to be hired by Life magazine. His first photographic essay, “Harlem Gang Leader” appeared in the November 1st...
How Gordon Parks Became Gordon Parks - The New York Times
WEBOct 1, 2018 — At the beginning of the 1940s, Gordon Parks was a self-taught fashion and portrait photographer documenting daily life in both St. Paul and Chicago. By the end of the decade he was photographing...
A Gallery Celebrates a Milestone With a Show of Photos by …
WEBOct 21, 2021 — For its 40th anniversary, the Howard Greenberg Gallery is exhibiting works from Parks’s time at Life magazine documenting the Black experience.