1.) The three photos above are from Gordon Park's Segregation series. Most of his photography is in black and white, I thought it was interesting that he chose to use color. Most of his shots are casual and show the daily lives of African-Americans during segregation. He received his first camera at the age of 25 and it was the film developer that encouraged him to pursue photography as a career. I wasn't able to find out what type of camera he used but Mr.Parks is known for his belief that he could use his camera as a weapon, documenting reality and truth was extremely important to him.
2.) The second photograph of the three shows a white woman sitting next to what appears to be her maid and her baby. She seems uninterested in her infant and as if she is too good to interact with her nanny. It's a very deep picture. A black woman is able to care for a nurture your baby but she still finds her to be less of a person because of her skin color. 3.) I am not a huge fan of black and white photography but i do really love all Gordon Parks work. With all the racism , police brutality, and unrest lately it is interesting looking through Gordon Parks entire body of work. His collection that he did for the FSA in 1942 and for Time magazine in the early sixties is haunting because a lot of those photographs are touching on such relevant current issues.
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