
Gordon Parks
The Making of an Argument
Russell Lord(Author)
Steidl (Publisher)
Published on 28. October 2013
Book
Hardback
136 pages
978-3-86930-721-3 (ISBN)
Description
In 1948, Gordon Parks began his professional relationship with Life magazine that would last twenty-two years. For his first project, he proposed a series of pictures about the gang wars that were then plaguing Harlem, believing that if he could draw attention to the problem then perhaps it would be addressed through social programs or government intervention. As a result of his efforts, Parks gained the trust of one particular group of gang members and their leader, Leonard "Red" Jackson, and produced a series of pictures of them that are artful, emotive, poignant, touching, and sometimes shocking. From this larger body of work, twenty-one pictures were selected for reproduction in a graphic and adventurous layout in Life magazine. At each step of the selection process-as Parks chose each shot, or as the picture editors at Life re-selected from his selection-any intended narrative was complicated by another curatorial voice. Featuring contact sheets, proof prints and the published Life article, Gordon Parks: The Making of an Argument traces this editorial process and parses out the various voices and motives behind the production of the picture essay.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Gottingen
Germany
Publishing group
Steidl Publishers
Illustrations
Illustrated in colour and tritone throughout
Dimensions
Height: 290 mm
Width: 250 mm
Weight
1170 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-86930-721-3 (9783869307213)
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