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Gordon Parks : the new tide, early work, 1940-1950 /

Focusing on new research and access to forgotten pictures, "The New Tide, Early Work 1940-1950" documents the importance of these years in shaping Gordon Parks' passionate vision. The book brings together photographs and publications made during the first and most formative decade of...

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Main Authors: Brookman, Philip (Author)
Group Author: Berger, Maurice, 1956-2020 (Editor); Lewis, Sarah; Powell, Richard J., 1953-; Willis, Deborah, 1948-; Kunhardt, Peter W.
Published: National Gallery of Art ; The Gordon Parks Foundation ; Steidl,
Publisher Address: Washington, District of Columbia : Pleasantville, New York : Göttingen, Germany :
Publication Dates: 2018.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Parks, Gordon, > 1912-2006 > Exhibitions.
Parks, Gordon, > 1912-2006 > Criticism and interpretation.
Parks, Gordon, > 1912-2006 > Themes, motives.
Photography, Artistic > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Portrait photography > United States > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Documentary photography > United States > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Black-and-white photography > United States > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Art, American > Kansas > 20th century > Exhibitions.
African American artists > Kansas > 20th century > Exhibitions.
African American photographers > 20th century > Exhibitions.
African Americans in art > 20th century.
Art and society > United States > 20th century > Exhibitions.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century > In art.
Summary: Focusing on new research and access to forgotten pictures, "The New Tide, Early Work 1940-1950" documents the importance of these years in shaping Gordon Parks' passionate vision. The book brings together photographs and publications made during the first and most formative decade of his 65-year career. During the 1940s Parks' photographic ambitions grew to express a profound understanding of his social, cultural and political experiences. From the first photographs he published in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and his relationship to the Chicago Black Renaissance, to his mentorship with Roy Stryker and his breakthrough work for America's influential picture magazines - including "Ebony" and "Life" - this book traces Parks' rapid evolution from an accomplished, self-taught practitioner to a groundbreaking artistic and journalistic voice.
Item Description: Catalog from an exhibition held at National Gallery of Art, Washington [D.C.], November 4, 2018-February 18, 2019; The Cleveland Museum of Art, [Cleveland, Ohio], March 23-June 16, 2019; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, [Texas], August 31-December 29, 2019; and, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, [Massachusetts], February 1-April 26, 2020.
Carrier Form: 349 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 30 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and indexes.
ISBN: 9783958294943
3958294944
Index Number: TR647
CLC: J431(712)-64
Call Number: J431(712)-64/B872
Contents: Introduction : Young Gordon Parks /
Plates : a choice of weapons --
Plates : government work --
Plates : the home front --
Plates : Standard Oil --
Plates : mass media --
Gordon Parks : the sphere of conscious history /
Black Parnassus : Chicago in the interwar years /
Gordon Parks : haute couture and the everyday /
The crucible of race : Gordon Parks and an emerging civil rights movement /
The road to Life : a timeline of origins and early career, 1818-1950 /

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