#GordonParksFoundation

[trascapades]

🎨⚖️#ArtIsAWeapon Congratulations to all the Gordon Parks Foundation Art & Social Justice Award honorees @kaepernick7 @mickalenethomas #MyrlieEversWilliams @aliciakeys @therealswizzz!

Reposted @gordonparksfoundation We are excited to announce the honorees at our annual Awards Dinner and Auction on MAY 21, 2024, held at Cipriani 42nd St. in NYC: Athlete and activist COLIN KAEPERNICK; acclaimed mixed-media artist MICKALENE THOMAS; civil rights activist and former Chairman of the NAACP, MYRLIE EVERS-WILLIAMS; widow of civil rights activist MEDGAR EVERS. Additionally,;15-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, producer and actress ALICIA KEYS and Grammy Award-winning producer, rapper, and songwriter KASSEEM DEAN (aka SWIZZ BEATZ) will be recognized as Patrons of the Arts. We will also have a special tribute to RICHARD ROUNDTREE, who starred in Parks’s groundbreaking 1971 film SHAFT, highlighting the enduring cultural influence of the film on both cinema and music. Link to purchase tickets in bio.

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#GordonParksFoundationGala #GPF #Gala24 #ArtsandSocialJustice #AliciaKeys #SwizzBeatz #ColinKaepernick #RichardRoundtree #MyrlieEversWilliams #MickaleneThomas #Shaft #BlackGirlArtGeeks

[cartermagazine]

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Today In History

Dr. Kenneth Bancroft Clark, psychologist, and civil rights activist was born in the Panama Canal Zone on this date July 24, 1914.

Dr. Clark and his wife Mamie Phipps Clark did the research that showed the psychological effects of prejudice on Black people.

The Clarks’ work contributed to the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in which it determined that de jure racial segregation in public education was unconstitutional.

They founded the Northside Center for Child Development in Harlem and the organization Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited.

Kenneth Clark received his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Howard University. He then enrolled at Columbia University and in 1940, became the first African American to earn the doctorate in psychology at the University.

Clark taught at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) from 1940 to 1941. A year later, he moved to the City College of New York, becoming the institution’s first permanent black faculty member, and the first Black president of the American Psychological Association.

CARTER™ Magazine www.carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #carter #staywoke #drkennethclark #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #brownvsboardofeducation #mamiephippsclark #gordonparksfoundation

[artbookdap]

Just a few of the photos we 💜 in 'Jamel Shabazz: Albums,' new from @gordonparksfoundation & @steidlverlag⁠ ⁠ The influential Brooklyn-based photographer @jamelshabazz has been making portraits of New Yorkers for more than 40 years, creating an archive of cultural shifts and struggles across the city. His portraits of different communities underscore the street as a space for self-presentation, whether through fashion or pose. In every instance Shabazz aims, in his words, to represent individuals and communities with “honor and dignity.” This book—awarded the Gordon Parks Foundation/Steidl Book Prize—presents, for the first time, Shabazz’s work from the 1970s to ’90s as it exists in his archive: small prints thematically grouped and sequenced in traditional family photo albums that function as portable portfolios.⁠ ⁠ Shabazz began making portraits in the mid-1970s in Brooklyn, Queens, the West Village and Harlem. His camera was also at his side while working as an officer at Rikers Island in the 1980s, where he took portraits of inmates. This book features selections from over a dozen albums, many previously unseen, and includes his earliest photographs as well as images taken inside Rikers Island, all accompanied by essays that situate Shabazz’s work within the broader history of photography.⁠ ⁠ Featured here:⁠ 1. Rolling Partners (Downtown Brooklyn), 1982⁠ 2. Flatbush Fly (Flatbush, Brooklyn), 1982⁠ 3. Shopping on Delancey Street (Lower East Side, New York City), 1983⁠ 4. Untitled (Brooklyn), 1982⁠ ⁠ Edited with text by @michalrazrusso & @peterkunhardt Text by @debwillisphoto @lesliemer11 & @315nelsongeorge⁠ ⁠ Read more about the book via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ #jamelshabazz #jamelshabazzalbum #jamelshabazzalbums https://www.instagram.com/p/CpNknaHu6NF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[what2wearwhere]

#newyear 2023 #museumaweek Don’t miss @nortonmuseumofart Fashion photos @nicolaernicollection All of the greats are here to dazzle you! @harrybensoncbe @irvingpennphotography @gordonparksfoundation @richardavedonfoundation @arthurelcort many, many more. (at Norton Museum of Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm7ZKkGp7Py/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nerdsworld]

A Choice Of Weapons: Inspired By Gordon Parks

Initial realese: November 2021

Distributed by: HBO Original

This documentary will explore the power of images in advance racial,economic, and social equality as seen through the lens of Gordon Parks, one of America's most trailblazing artists, and the generation of young photographers, filmmakers and activists he inspired.

Photogtraphs from the "Gordon Parks: I Am You | Part 2",exhibit I attended back in 2018 in New York City.

Airing November 15th on HBOMAX ‼

Wednesday November 03,2021

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[cityradicals]

𝘽𝙮 𝙂𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨, 𝙐𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙙, 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙤𝙧𝙠, 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙤𝙧𝙠, 1963 𝙫𝙞𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.

[joannavanderpuije]

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible”...Maya Angelou. • Photography @gordonparksfoundation 1963. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #gordonparks #photography #gordonparksfoundation #bw #blacklivesmatter #civilrights https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2c6oQADtI/?igshid=v98y08eo377b

[chefseyephotography]

Today is Gordon Parks’ 107th birthday! 🎉🎈🎂🎈🎉 My photography hero! ✊🏿 The More You Know... Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, musician, writer and film director, who became prominent in U.S. documentary  photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and Black-Americans—and in glamour photography. .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #gordonparks #gordonparksfoundation #birthday #legacy #107yearsyoung #photography (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5gMHQ7nMCO/?igshid=kyei25a75828

[doriansbookshelf]

Reposted from @gordonparksfoundation (@get_regrann) - American Gothic, Washington, D.C., 1942 was just named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential Images of All Time. They wrote, "It served as an indictment of the treatment of African Americans by accentuating the inequality in 'the land of the free' and came to symbolize life in pre-civil-rights America. 'What the camera had to do was expose the evils of racism,' Parks later observed, 'by showing the people who suffered most under it.'"⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @time #gordonparks #gordonparksfoundation #timemagazine #americangothic #ellawatson #farmsecurityadministration #FSA #photographer #photography #socialjustice - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/B5VZEoODGAo/?igshid=hufcm5o2hbht

[trascapades]

📷 🖤 #ArtIsAWeapon #Photographer extraordinaire #GordonParks @gordonparksfoundation #exhibit “I AM YOU | PART 1” @jackshainman January 11-February 10, 2018 524 West 24th Street, NYC. "What I want. What I am. What you force me to be is what you are. For I am you staring back from a mirror of poverty and despair, of revolt and freedom. Look at me and know that to destroy me is to destroy yourself." Gordon Parks wrote these words in 1967. Whether through photographs, words or music, Gordon gave a voice to the sometimes voiceless and demonstrated the transformative power of self-expression. His photographs transcend art, history, race and culture and have endured to stand the test of time. - Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., Executive Director of the Gordon Parks Foundation. #Photos from www.gordonparksfoundation.org #GordonParks #BlackCreative #BlackExcellence #BlackBrilliance #BlackStorytellers #BlackDirectors #BlackComposer #BlackWriters #Photography #PhotoExhibit #GordonParksFoundation #jackshainman #ArtAndTheCity #jackshaimangallery #iamyou #iamyoupart1 #exhibition #fineartphotography #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon

[noodlenuts]

I adore silly books for kids, but one of the best things about the picture book format is its ability to make tough subjects like poverty and racism accessible to young children in ways that are age appropriate. One of the most moving picture book biographies that I've read recently is "Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America" (2015). Written by the prolific Carole Boston Weatherford and gorgeously illustrated by Jamey Christoph, the book details the life of famous black photographer and movie director Gordon Parks, and his dedication to bringing images of the struggles of the black community, from poverty to racism, into the public eye, while reflecting his subjects' strength and determination. From his birth (which he nearly didn't survive), to his triumph as one of the first widely popular photographers of colour for major media outlets, it's a fascinating story, if sometimes a difficult one. A great discussion starter for school-aged kids about racism and discrimination. ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ #noodlenutskidsbooks #gordonparks #howthephotographercapturedblackandwhiteamerica #gordonparksfoundation #gordonparksphotography #carolebostonweatherford #caroleweatherford #jameychristoph #blackcommunity #blackhistory #blackhistory365 #blackkids #diversebooksforkids #weneeddiversebooks #diversityandrepresentation #representationinbooks #picturebookbiographies #igreads #read #booksaremylife #picturebook #learningfrombooks #homeschoolideas #readwithriver_discussions https://www.instagram.com/p/B4QVp1tnEMk/?igshid=lt7baonwqtk6

[artbookdap]

More photos and details from staff favorite 'Jamel Shabazz: Albums' — presenting photos and albums from the archives of the iconic chronicler of New York's 1980s rap, hip-hop and Black culture.⁠ ⁠ Born and raised in Brooklyn, Jamel Shabazz (born 1960) picked up his first camera at the age of 15 and began documenting his communities, inspired by photographers such as Leonard Freed, James Van Der Zee and Gordon Parks. This book is the recipient of the 2022 @gordonparksfoundation & @steidlverlag book prize.⁠ ⁠ @michalrazrusso writes, "Over time, many of Shabazz’s subjects reached out to him or encountered him again on the street. They remembered that time he had stopped them on the sidewalk or had met them in jail and showed them an album; they recalled how exciting it had been to look through the album, and how powerful they had felt at having their photograph taken. … Many of the subjects he has reconnected with have told him that the prints he gave them were later gifted to a loved one or proudly displayed in their home … Within private spaces the photographs became a source of pride, or a reminder of loss. But on the street, as Shabazz put it, the album ���let them know that they weren’t invisible. It let them know that somebody recognized them.’ Shabazz has taken the historical use of the photo album and inverted its conventions, both questioning and reclaiming who and what defines attitude, desire, and culture. In his words, ‘The photographs helped us more than the camera, they were the weapon, the visual medicine.’”⁠ ⁠ Pictured here: Untitled (Downtown Brooklyn), 1984, and Untitled (Times Square, New York City), 1982, along with albums from Shabazz's archive⁠ ⁠ Edited with text by @michalrazrusso & @peterkunhardt Text by @debwillisphoto @lesliemer11 & @315nelsongeorge⁠ ⁠ Read more about the book via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ @jamelshabazz #jamelshabazz #jamelshabazzalbum #jamelshabazzalbums https://www.instagram.com/p/CpOED_JpBeR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[freedomclay]

“Jazzy Bluez” The saxophone man Playing jazzy dissonance Reflecting the times. A haiku by @freedomclay #fctalk #freedomclay #jazzybluez #575acollectionofhaikubyfreedomclay #haikupoetry #haikuoftheday #haikuofinstagram #poet #author #writer #blackpoetsmatter #blackauthorsmatter #book #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #poetrybook #freedomclayography #blackandwhitephotography #gordonparksfoundation (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Kh8johWTQ/?igshid=1pfs3s90k2cbr

[sls5s]

Segregation in the South, 1956 Photographer Gordon Parks In the wake of the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Life asked Parks to go to Alabama and document the racial tensions entrenched there. He would compare his findings with his own troubled childhood in Fort Scott, Kansas, and with the relatively progressive and integrated life he had enjoyed in Europe. Over the course of several weeks, Parks and Yette photographed the family at home and at work; at night, the two men slept on the Causeys’ front porch. http://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/archive/segregation-in-the-south-1956 #gordonparks #gordonparksfoundation #wonderwombman #blackexcellence #blackhistory #blackhistory365 #blackmen #blackwomen #blacklove #america #us #unitedstates #downsouth #south #uk #unitedkingdom #africa #segregation #racism #hatred #fearofgod #fear #power #money #history https://www.instagram.com/p/B1pcTWpDA7r/?igshid=kwrjm9jzuzga

[brandonimhotep]

Segregation in the South, 1956 Photographer Gordon Parks In the wake of the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Life asked Parks to go to Alabama and document the racial tensions entrenched there. He would compare his findings with his own troubled childhood in Fort Scott, Kansas, and with the relatively progressive and integrated life he had enjoyed in Europe. Over the course of several weeks, Parks and Yette photographed the family at home and at work; at night, the two men slept on the Causeys’ front porch. http://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/archive/segregation-in-the-south-1956 #gordonparks #gordonparksfoundation #wonderwombman #blackexcellence #blackhistory #blackhistory365 #blackmen #blackwomen #blacklove #america #us #unitedstates #downsouth #south #uk #unitedkingdom #africa #segregation #racism #hatred #fearofgod #fear #power #money #history https://www.instagram.com/p/B1nt53agTZc/?igshid=1vsxng5qii6ka

[kaploded2]

#Repost @gordonparksfoundation (@get_repost) ・・・ Mr.Robert Houston also like me was born in raised in Baltimore & was also inspired by Gordon Parks. I remember meeting Mr.Houston in 2015, he asked me who was my favorite photographer, I replied Gordon Parks of course. He just laughed and said "what you know about Mr.Parks, he was a good friend of mines". My jaw dropped, I got to sit and hear stories on top of stores about how they met and how much Mr.Parks helped him grow as a photographer. One quote stuck with me from Mr.Houston, "Continue our journey & Tell our stories. :: @bydvnlln :: #instagramtakeover #devinallen #devintakeover #gordonparks #gordonparksfoundation #abeautifulghetto #throughtheireyes #photography #photographer #exhibition #upcoming #dvnlln ::