Collected Works

Gordon Parks
9783958292628 / 3958292623
Collected Works

Collected Works

Gordon Parks
9783958292628 / 3958292623
Publisher Steidl The Gordon Parks Foundation,
Edition Hardcover , 1084 Pages
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A self-taught polymath, Parks chronicled the African-American experience and retold his own personal historyThis five-volume collection surveys five decades of Gordon Parks’ (1912–2006) photography. It is the most extensive publication to document his legendary career. Widely recognized as the most important and influential African-American photographer of the 20th century, Parks combined a unique documentary and artistic style with a profound commitment to social justice.Working first for the Farm Security Administration and later for Life magazine, he specialized in extended-narrative picture stories on difficult subject matter. Covering crime, poverty, segregation, the politics of race and class, and controversial personalities, Parks became legendary for his ability to meld penetrating insight with a lyrical aesthetic. He was thus able to introduce a broad and diverse public to people, issues and ideas they might otherwise have ignored. Parks was remarkably versatile, traveling the world to photograph news events and fashion, as well as the worlds of art, literature, music, theater and film. Later in life, he reconceived his vision in fundamentally personal and poetic terms, producing color photographs that were allusive rather than descriptive, symbolic rather than literal.

Specifications

Book title Collected Works
Photographer Gordon Parks
ISBN 10 3958292623 / 3-95829-262-3       
ISBN 13 9783958292628 / 978-3-95829-262-8
Publisher Steidl The Gordon Parks Foundation
Publish date May 2017
Book format Hardcover
Book format details 5 volumes in box
Pages 1084 Pages
Dimensions 24,75 x 29,25 cm / 9.75 x 11.5 inches

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