![]() ![]() He wrote numerous memoirs, novels, and books of poetry, and received countless awards, including the National Medal of Arts, and more than fifty honorary degrees. The first African-American director to helm a major motion picture, Parks introduced his film Shaft in 1971. In addition to his storied tenures photographing for the Farm Security Administration (1941-45) and Life Magazine (1948-72), Parks evolved into a modern day Renaissance man, finding success as a film director, writer, and composer. Notably, one of his first photography jobs was shooting fashion for a women's clothing store in St. 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. Gordon Parks was born into poverty and segregation in Fort Scott, Kansas. ![]() A selection of over 20 color photographs from the series will be exhibited, highlighting Parks' ability to honor intimate moments of everyday daily life despite the undeniable weight of segregation and oppression. Photographs from the essay will be presented in this exhibition.Ĭompleted in 1956 and published in Life Magazine in August of the same year, the groundbreaking series Segregation Story documented life in the Jim Crow South era through the experience of Mr. In 1952, they worked together on "A Man Becomes Invisible" for the August 25th issue of Life Magazine, which promoted Ellison's newly released novel. It is relatively unknown, however, that the two men were friends and that their common vision of racial injustice inspired collaboration. This will be the second exhibition of Parks' work at Weinstein Gallery.īy the 1950s, Gordon Parks was a successful photographer, and Ralph Ellison had begun work on his acclaimed novel Invisible Man (1952). On Friday, March 25th, Weinstein Gallery will present Invisible Man and Segregation Story, two bodies of work by the internationally celebrated artist, Gordon Parks (1912-2006). ![]()
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