Gordon Parks Photography - National Gallery of Art
WEBHow do Gordon Parks’s images capture the intersections of art, race, class, and politics across the United States? What do photographs in general—and Gordon Parks’s photographs more specifically—tell us about the American Dream?
Gordon Parks - Wikipedia
WEBGordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and film director, 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.
7 Gordon Parks Images That Changed American Attitudes
WEBHere 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...
Gordon Parks - The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBAt the Art Institute, his work has been featured in the 2016 exhibition Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem, which featured Parks’s collaborations with acclaimed author Ralph Ellison, and the 2018 exhibition Never a Lovely So Real: Photography and Film in Chicago, 1950–1980.
Gordon Parks Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory
WEBMar 7, 2006 · Gordon Parks is a photographer known for documenting the African American experience of racism and poverty from 1940s to 1970s. He said, "my purpose has been to communicate to somehow evoke the same response from a seamstress in Harlem or a housewife in Paris."
Gordon Parks - Smithsonian American Art Museum
WEBParks is a master of human observation and storytelling. He distills a world of experience and emotion into the way light and shadow play across the jaw, fedora, and bent hand. Parks called his camera his "weapon against poverty and racism."
Gordon Parks - MoMA
WEBGordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and film director, 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.
Gordon Parks - Artnet
WEBView Gordon Parks’s 310 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available photographs, prints and multiples, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist.
Gordon Parks - Photography, Movie & Quotes
WEBApr 2, 2014 · Gordon Parks was a prolific, world-renowned photographer, writer, composer and filmmaker known for his work on projects like 'Shaft' and 'The Learning Tree.'
Gordon Parks: Camera Portraits from the Corcoran Collection
WEBJul 14, 2024 · This exhibition, drawn primarily from the Corcoran Collection, presents some 25 portraits Parks made between 1941 and 1970. Explore Parks's innovations in portraiture through some of his best-known photographs.
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