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I am you

Title: I am you / Gordon Parks.
Author: Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006
Publication: [Pleasantville, N.Y.] : The Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.

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1 portfolio (12 photographic prints); 55 x 44 cm
5 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white, selenium-toned ;
7 photographic prints : archival pigment ink, color ;

Summary

A selection of images depicting the African American experience photographed by Gordon Parks while on assignment for Life Magazine during 1947-1948, and between 1963 and 1967, consisting of candid shots and views of well-known African American figures; views and candid shots from rallies, children playing in the street, and police activity; and a portrait of a child during a psychological test. Most images were captured in Harlem, New York and Washington, D.C.; one image was taken in Watts, Los Angeles, California.
Of note are candid shots and views of speakers and participants attending the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963), consisting of civil rights leaders Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks and Dorothy Height, singer Mahalia Jackson, and baseball player Jackie Robinson with his son David, as well as the crowds gathered on the National Mall; a view of Minister Malcolm X delivering a speech during a Nation of Islam rally in Harlem (1963); views of crowds attending unidentified outdoor rallies, probably Nation of Islam gatherings, in Harlem (1963); and a portrait of a young Black child who is focused on a White baby doll rather than a Black baby doll, which was part of a test conducted to research how racism affects self-esteem in Black children, in Harlem (1947).
Also depicted are an overhead view of neighborhood children playing in an opened fire hydrant on a Harlem street (1948); a view of an elderly Black woman at her window observing the police and fire departments responding to gang activity in Harlem (1963); and a view of two young people, wearing Malcolm X sweatshirts, and an older man at an unidentified gathering in Watts, Los Angeles (1967).

Subject

Genre/Form

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

Note

Title taken from portfolio cover.
Schomburg Center copy is number 8 in a limited edition of 25.
This set of twelve images is printed in a limited edition of 25 with 5 Artist's Proofs. Twelve sets, numbered 1/25 to 12/25, were released in June 2017.--Portfolio booklet.
Contains a four page booklet that includes a passage by Gordon Parks from the photo-essay "The Cycle of Despair: The Negro and the City," published in Life Magazine, March 8, 1968; a list of the photographs with plate numbers, titles, locations and dates; portfolio production, printing and publication information; and an essay by Jelani Cobb.
Edition number 8/25, signed by Peter W. Kunhardt, Executive Director of the Gordon Parks Foundation, and hand dated June 1, 2017.
All prints bear printing certification hand stamp on verso, signed and dated by Peter W. Kunhardt, 2017, and copyrighted by the Gordon Parks Foundation.
All prints bear handwritten edition number 8/25 and individual plate number (84.001-84.012) on verso.
The selenium-toned black-and-white gelatin silver prints are printed by Griffin Editions, New York. The Archival pigment prints are printed on 310 gsm Hahnemühle Photo Silk Bartya with archival UltraChrome K3 inks by Adamson Editions, Washington, D.C.--Portfolio booklet.

Terms of Use (note)

Portfolio is under copyright; 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. I am you)

OCLC

1335707941

Author

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, photographer.

Title

I am you / Gordon Parks.

Publisher

[Pleasantville, N.Y.] : The Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Portfolio is under copyright; 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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Sc Photo Portfolio (Parks, G. I am you)

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