Gordon Parks was a twentieth century photographer.
He displayed powerful images by using current social events that surrounded him
each and every day, which were the same things that he experienced.
He had a
deep commitment to social justice. His work usually displayed urban life,
poverty, Civil Rights, and race relations. Much like what is seen in the images
that I chose. He allows his work to be free letting the “Social Situation” to
speak for its self. By doing this others at these time periods were able to see
the effects of segregation. And today we are able to look back on these events
and see what was going on and how it affects us to this day.
I was immediately
pulled into Parks work. His message is very blunt, “this is what is happening
to African Americans at this time period”. I hold a vast amount of personal connection
and emotion with his work. One thing that I would like to take from Gordon Parks
is displaying powerful messages through capturing current events.
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