Gordon Parks Photography Gallery
The gordon parks foundation gallery mounts exhibitions that further the common search for a better life and a better world.
Gordon parks photography gallery. Merl humphrey photography presents the 2020 gordon parks museum photo contest. In the spirit of parks multidisciplinary creative output the foundation aims to investigate and celebrate the work of artists musicians writers and curators who work with any variety of topics practices or mediums. Although he was close with his supportive family parks could not ignore the inequality and racism around him.
Elevate your space with framed prints unframed prints canvas prints acrylic prints or aluminum prints. Gordon parks photography work is featured at jackson fine art a gallery that supports fine art photography including gordon parks photos and prints. Gordon parks washington southwest section dc.
Negro children in the front door of their home. The youngest of 15 children gordon parks was born in 1912 d. November 1942 gelatin silver print 3366 2477 cm 13 14 9 34 in photographs and prints division schomburg center for research in black culture the new york public library astor lenox and tilden foundations.
His parents had moved there from tennessee in the years following the postcivil war reconstruction period. The flavio story ryerson image centre toronto ontario. The gordon parks foundation permanently preserves the work of gordon parks makes it available to the public through exhibitions books and electronic media and supports artistic and educational activities that advance what gordon described as the common search for a better life and a better world the foundation is a division of the meserve kunhardt foundation.
2006 in fort scott kansas. 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. Gordon parks annual celebration cancelled for 2020.
Camera is my weapon zacheta gallery warsaw poland. Through several exhibitions and public programs each year the gordon parks foundation gallery is a socially engaged space for reflection. Learn about gordon parks one of the many photographers for life who captured some of the most iconic pictures from the us around the world.