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Segregation story

Title

Segregation story / Gordon Parks.

Author

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006

Publication

[Pleasantville, N.Y.] : Gordon Parks Foundation, 2012.
Washington, D.C. : Adamson Editions, 2012.

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Description

1 portfolio (12 photographic prints); 55 x 44 cm
12 photographic prints : archival pigment ink, color ;

Summary

Depictions of the everyday activities of an extended African American family living in Mobile and Shady Grove, Alabama in 1956 during Jim Crow segregation, taken by Parks on assignment for a Life magazine photo essay entitled "The Restraints: Open and Hidden," that was published in September 1956.
Included are a portrait of the family elders, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thornton, in their living room surrounded by family pictures; views of women and young children outside segregated businesses; a mother pouring a glass of water from an outdoor fauset; children at play; a group of children excluded from a Whites-only park; individuals using a segregated drinking fountain; young people socializing in front of a country store; adults socializing; the interior of a one-room schoolhouse; and a commercial billboard that is specifically directed to Blacks. Of note are views of poor housing and living conditions, and various forms of segregation signage in public spaces.

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Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 2010-2019.
Group portraits – 2010-2019.
Inkjet prints – Color – 2010-2019.

Note

Title taken from portfolio booklet.
Portfolio was published in 2012 by the Gordon Parks Foundation, consisting of a set of twelve images printed in a limited edition of 25 with 5 artist's proofs.
"The edition is printed on 325 gsm Epson Exhibition Fiber with archival K3 ink, at a size of 16 x 20 inches, reproducing the full frame of the original transparency, by Adamson Editions, Washington, D.C." -Portfolio booklet.
Edition number AP (artist's proof) 3/5, signed by Peter W. Kunhardt, Executive Director of the Gordon Parks Foundation, and hand dated June 1, 2012.
All prints bear printing certification hand stamp on verso, signed and dated by Peter W. Kunhardt, 2012, and copyrighted by the Gordon Parks Foundation.
Booklet contains essay by Maurice Berger, numbered image captions, and portfolio production information.

Terms of Use (note)

Collection is restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

Gordon Parks, 1912-2006, was an African American photographer, filmmaker, writer and composer who was a staff photographer for Life magazine from 1948-1972, and a freelancer for Vogue and Glamour magazines (late 1940s); a documentary photographer for the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (1942-1944) and the Standard Oil Photography Project (late 1940s); director of the films "The Learning Tree" (1969) and "Shaft" (1971); and author of the semi-autobiographical novel "The Learning Tree" (1963), books of poetry, and manuals on photography and filmmaking.

Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Parks, G. Segregation story)

OCLC

957157873

Author

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, photographer.

Title

Segregation story / Gordon Parks.

Publisher

[Pleasantville, N.Y.] : Gordon Parks Foundation, 2012.

Manufacturer

Washington, D.C. : Adamson Editions, 2012.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Collection is restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Gordon Parks, 1912-2006, was an African American photographer, filmmaker, writer and composer who was a staff photographer for Life magazine from 1948-1972, and a freelancer for Vogue and Glamour magazines (late 1940s); a documentary photographer for the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (1942-1944) and the Standard Oil Photography Project (late 1940s); director of the films "The Learning Tree" (1969) and "Shaft" (1971); and author of the semi-autobiographical novel "The Learning Tree" (1963), books of poetry, and manuals on photography and filmmaking.

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Added Author

Berger, Maurice, 1956-2020, author.

Gordon Parks Foundation, publisher.

Adamson Editions, printer.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Parks, G. Segregation story)

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