Gordon Parks Photography Book
The atmosphere of crime 1957.
Gordon parks photography book. Gordon parks was born into poverty and segregation in fort scott kansas in 1912. Get it as soon as wed sep 9. Free shipping by amazon.
Widely recognized as the most important and influential african american photographer of the twentieth century parks combined a unique documentary and artistic style with a profound commitment to social justice. By sarah meister nicole fleetwood et al. It is the most extensive publication to document his legendary career.
An itinerant laborer he worked as a brothel pianist and railcar porter among other jobs before buying a camera at a pawnshop training himself and becoming a photographer. Jun 16 2020. 49 out of 5 stars 21.
This five volume collection surveys five decades of gordon parks photography. 9 used new from 7566. Parks a self trained master photographer filmmaker and composer took a six week journey to four of americas biggest cities in 1957 to capture scenes of crime resulting in the essay the.