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Gordon Parks : the new tide, early work, 1940-1950 / Philip Brookman ; with essays by Maurice Berger, Sarah Lewis, Richard J. Powell, Deborah Willis ; series editor, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr.

Author
Brookman, Philip
Additional Titles
New tide, early work, 1940-1950
Published
Washington, District of Columbia : National Gallery of Art ; Pleasantville, New York : The Gordon Parks Foundation ; Göttingen, Germany : Steidl, 2018.
Göttingen, Germany : Steidl
Copyright Date
©2018
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
349 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 30 cm
Additional Creators
Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006. Selections, Lebowitz, Anjuli, Powell, Richard J., 1953-, Willis, Deborah, 1948-, Berger, Maurice, 1956-, Doorly, Elizabeth, National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Cleveland Museum of Art, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Addison Gallery of American Art, Gordon Parks Foundation, and Steidl Verlag

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Contents
Introduction : Young Gordon Parks / Sarah Lewis -- 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 / Philip Brookman -- Black Parnassus : Chicago in the interwar years / Richard J. Powell -- Gordon Parks : haute coutoure and the everyday / Deborah Willis -- The crucible of race : Gordon Parks and an emerging civil rights movement / Maurice Berger -- The road to Life : a timeline of origins and early career, 1818-1950 / Anjuli Lebowitz, Philip Brookman, and Elizabeth Doorly.
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.
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ISBN
3958294944
9783958294943
Note
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.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and indexes.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Class of 1935 Libraries Endowment ; 2018
Endowment Note
Class of 1935 Libraries Endowment
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