Fashion Gordon Parks Photos
Gordon parks courtesy the gordon parks foundation.
Fashion gordon parks photos. Viewed 469 times last visitor from eagle id on 0914. 24 198 cm 9 12 7 1316 in framed. His first assignment for the magazine was to shoot a collection of evening gowns.
Unknown photographer gordon parks photographing fashion paris france 1951. Gordon parks courtesy the gordon parks foundation cuba 1958 even from the beginning parks challenged prevailing rules about how to photograph fashion including objects group poses and streetscapes that beckoned with the allure of a desired lifestyle or career. In fact his willingness to work on fashion shoots repeatedly opened doors to other possibilities.
After his fellowship at the fsa parks renewed his search of jobs in the fashion world. Woman model lounging on pillows in a cabana wearing bikini swimsuit fashion cuba 1956. He communicated beauty vanity and pleasure in his photographs of fashionably dressed women.
Elevate your space with framed prints unframed prints canvas prints acrylic prints or aluminum prints. Gordon parks photography features a range of subjects from fashion to poverty making him one of the most provactive mid century photographers in the us. Courtesy of and copyright the gordon parks foundation.
Over the course of his career parks greatest achievements were in documentary photojournalism but he also cultivated a reputation for his fashion photography. Parks first foray into fashion photography was for a womens store in minnesota. The lesser known photos of gordon parks from fashion to artists portraits a two part exhibition at jack shainman gallery sheds light on relatively obscure works by the master photographer from.
Gordon parks the life picture collectiongetty images see details. Moving to new york he soon became a freelance for photographer for vogue during alexander libermans editorship. Gordon parks fashion photography of the 1950s.
Spring fashions in new york 1953. French fashion model simone bodin posed at a tannery in a leather suit printed in small neat design 1956. 253 202 cm 9 1516 7 1516 in charles white archives.