#peter w. kunhardt jr.

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Gordon Parks: Stokely Carmichael and Black Power, Edited by Lisa Volpe, Steidl Verlag, Göttingen, 2022 [© Gordon Parks / The Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, NY]

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A few pages from 'Gordon Parks: Segregation Story' — an expanded edition of Parks’ classic account of race relations in America, with previously unpublished images and texts. Back in Stock from @steidlverlag & @gordonparksfoundation⁠ ⁠ In the summer of 1956, @life magazine sent Parks to Alabama to document the daily realities of African Americans living under Jim Crow laws in the rural South. The resulting color photographs are among Parks’ most powerful images, and, in the decades since, have become emblematic representations of race relations in America. Pursued at grave danger to the photographer himself, the project was an important chapter in Parks’ career-long endeavor to use the camera as a weapon for social change.⁠ ⁠ After the photos were first presented in a 1956 issue of Life, the bulk of Parks’ assignment was thought to be lost. In 2011, five years after Parks’ death, the Gordon Parks Foundation found more than 200 color transparencies belonging to the series. In 2014 the series was first published as a book, and since then new photographs have been uncovered.⁠ ⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ Edited by Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr, Michal Raz-Russo. Text by Maurice Berger, Dawoud Bey, Charlayne Hunter-Gault.⁠ ⁠ #gordonparks #segregationstory #segregation #photobook #gordonparkssegregationstory @dawoudbey https://www.instagram.com/p/CqJEuAZp7jK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[torley]

Becoming Warren Buffett: Directed by Peter W. Kunhardt. With Kenan Akansel, Saul Bisht, Susie Buffet Jr., Bertie Buffet. The legendary investor started out as an ambitious, numbers-obsessed boy from Nebraska and ended up becoming one of the richest and most respected men in the world.

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Just added to the Vintage shop - “P. T. Barnum: America’s Greatest Showman” by Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B. Kunhardt III & Peter W. Kunhardt, 1995

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Key Art And Trailer For “A CHOICE OF WEAPONS: INSPIRED BY GORDON PARKS”

Key Art And Trailer For “A CHOICE OF WEAPONS: INSPIRED BY GORDON PARKS”

HBO has released these official key art and trailer for their new documentary “A CHOICE OF WEAPONS: INSPIRED BY GORDON PARKS” From Executive Producers Alicia Keys, Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean, Jelani Cobb, Jacqueline Glover, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr. and Peter Kunhardt. Directed by Emmy Award-nominated John Maggio (The Perfect Weapon, Panic, The Newspaperman)  Featuring Devin Allen, LaToya Ruby…

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GORDON PARKS 📷 I AM YOU | PART 1 JANUARY 11 - FEBRUARY 10, 2018 @jackshainman 524 WEST 24TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10011 Opening reception for the exhibition: Thursday, January 11th from 6 – 8 PM at 524 West 24th Street. 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 Jack Shainman Gallery is pleased to announce Gordon Parks: I Am You | Part 1. As a photographer, film director, composer, and writer, Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was a visionary artist whose work continues to influence American culture to this day. In collaboration with the Gordon Parks Foundation, this first half of a two-part exhibition will focus on Parks’ lesser-known bodies of work, such as his elegant compositions of artists in their studios, as well as his timeless fashion photography. Though Parks is best known for his photographs documenting much of the civil rights era, he spent many years as a freelance photographer for a variety of publications, working across many subjects. Among his lesser-known works featured in the exhibition are a series of portraits of artists in their studios, including Helen Frankenthaler, Alexander Calder and Alberto Giacometti. A 1951 group of images taken in Giacometti’s studio transforms the artist into one of his creations – skeletal and draped in shadow, yet still dominating the composition, even from the background. I Am You also includes examples from Parks’ fashion works taken during the 1950s and 60s in New York. He showcased a signature aesthetic, which photography historian and Gordon Parks Foundation board member Deborah Willis calls street style. . . #supportblackart #gordonparks #jackshainman (at Jack Shainman Gallery)

[kicksaddictny]

Gordon Parks x Public School Collection

The We Need Leaders collection compromises unisex t-shirt designs that each feature one of three images by Gordon Parks, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. The images include a self-portrait of Parks, and rarely seen photographs of Malcolm X and Black Panther activists. One of the designs will feature Parks’ own words, taken from a 1968 Life magazine story about a Harlem family: “What I want, what I am, what you force me to be is what you are.” We Need Leaders is a call to action for the restructuring of systemic issues in law enforcement and criminal justice. The issues raised by Gordon Parks in the 1960s are uncanny to the major conversations surrounding race today.                                                                                                                       The images chosen, echo Gordon Parks’ own belief in the communicative power of images, and the collection reflects Gordon Parks’ interdisciplinary career. 100% of the net proceeds will be donated to The Gordon Parks Arts and Social Justice Fund, which supports students and artists through annual scholarships, prizes, and fellowships. “This project extends our collaborations with artists who advance Parks’ legacy,” said Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., Executive Director of The Gordon Parks Foundation, “which dates back to 2016 when Public School designers Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne were honored with the Gordon Parks Foundation Award.”

This capsule is made with Version Tomorrow, a sustainable basics program that uses a certified blend of 60% recycled and 40% organic cotton making the tees 100% biodegradable and recyclable. Tees will include both black and white colorways and will be available exclusively on publicschoolnyc.com. “We couldn’t be more excited to partner with a foundation representing one of the most important photographers and humanitarians of our lifetime,” said Public School co-designer Dao-Yi Chow. “The fact that his documentation of Black life, the racial divide, poverty, and social inequality in the US is as relevant today as it was 60 years ago is a sad one, and it shouldn't be lost on anyone that the struggle continues to haunt the legacy of this country. We selected Parks’ photographs of Malcolm X and the Black Panthers specifically because this history mirrors our current situation where leadership in the Black community understands that you have to fight for any and all justice, and without justice there can be no peace.”

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📷 🖤 #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

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Significance Of Contrast In Digital photography.

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[ecsundance]

Sundance Experience

Beginning with a not-so-pleasant plane ride, meaning I would have to get up at four-thirty in the morning, the Sundance experience requires a fair amount of hassle, but is ultimately worth it. In addition to this, arriving at the box office, we were met with an extraordinary line in order to get our Ignite tickets, but the traditional line was actually fairly short, and the process of buying tickets is rush from not quite being able to know what you’re getting into. At first I ended up buying about five tickets: Three Identical Strangers, Revenge, The Happy Prince, King in the Wilderness, and The Queen of Fear. While Three Identical Strangers was one of the better but I found myself very disappointed by Revenge’s over-the top gore, poor writing, and bad acting. I felt like the film was a bad representation of how to do an action film, and my second least favorite film (only after the the stale acting and awkward film-making of Lizzie) my Sundance experience was off to a bad start. However after the next day (on which I had no screenings) I realized I would prefer to spend more time viewing the unique films of the festival. The next day I went to see the two Slamdance films, a smaller venue that shows independent films that couldn’t get into Sundance. The experience was incredibly easy compared to the lines and frequently selling out films at Sundance (you pretty much just show up, buy tickets, and go in), but the two films I viewed were fairly plain, slow moving films, that made it seem as though there wasn’t as much variety as with Sundance. As a result I decided to buy more Sundance tickets instead of Slamdance. I bought five more tickets: Minding the Gap, Burden, Deep Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences, and two more tickets for the second half (On top of the eight I had already bought). Now, if I’m being honest, up until this point most of the films I had seen were only mediocre. The first film that really impressed me was Burden, a moving film about racial tensions and how tolerance goes both ways, but the film that really got me was the midnight screening of Assassination Nation. This adrenaline rush of a film was excellent relief from the typical talking heads movies of many of these films and with excellent writing, well developed characters and social satire it is an excellent representation of how to do an action movie right; giving it its place as my favorite film. All-in-all the Sundance experience is a lot of effort, but is ultimately a unique and exciting experience that just may allow you to see some amazing films before anyone else.

Film List 19th 1: Three identical Strangers: Beginning with what seems like a happy tale of three triplets, separated at birth, who are reunited, Three identical Strangers (2018) takes a dark path the further you watch this film develop on the psychological detriment that can come when people manipulate the lives of others. 2: Revenge: Beginning with poor acting and bad characters, Revenge (2017) becomes surprisingly captivating as our main character Jen (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) attempts to survive being hunted by her sexist boyfriend and his two partners. 21st 3: Songs in the Sun (Slamdance): Lacking much of a central conflict and beautifully filmed on an island in Denmark, Songs in the Sun (2017) follows the everyday life of Anna (Emma Sehested Hoeg) as she attempts to develop her singing career while simultaneously dealing with a tragic situation involving her friend Julie (Victoria Carmen Sonne). 4: Fake Tattoos (Slamdance): Fake Tattoos (2017) follows the story of Theo (Anthony Therrien) who, on his 18th birthday, meets a the beautiful Mag (Rose-Marie Perreault) and begins putting up a fake happy facade (like his fake tattoos) as he tries to deal with the fact that he is leaving town in two weeks. 5: The Happy Prince: The Happy Prince (2018) follows the lesser known tale of Oscar Wilde (Rupert Everett) after his time in prison for homosexuality and brilliantly depicts the struggles he faces as he tries to come to terms with the fact that his time of fame is over. 22nd 6: King in the Wilderness: Peter W. Kunhardt’s King in the Wilderness (2018) follows the lesser known years of Martin Luther King Jr. as we learn about the reverend’s final years of life and the power legacy he left behind. 7: Deep Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences: Through a series of hilarious songs, performed live, Cory McAbee creates a charming performance to invite the audience as he discusses the relationship between science and spirituality in Deep Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences (2018). 23rd 8: Burden: After the opening of a museum glorifying the Klu Klux Klan, Andrew Heckler’s Burden (2018) follows the Klan member Mike Burden as he tries to change his ways with the help of Reverend Kennedy in a heartwarming story that teaches how tolerance goes both ways. 9: The Queen of Fear: Struck anxiety over her safety, the stresses of her career, and a friend who is diagnosed with cancer, Robertina (Valeria Bertuccelli) begins to rethink her life in the touching story of The Queen of Fear (2018). 10: Minding the Gap: Following the lives of several skateboarding teenagers, Bing Liu’s Minding the Gap (2018) portrays more than just skate video’s as it dives deeper and deeper into issues of domestic abuse, including that from Bing’s own life. 24th 11: Sorry to Bother You: Filled with satire about our perfect image of society, Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You only gets stranger and stranger as it provides a hilarious commentary of what happens when we all try to make people what we want them to be. 12: Piercing: With a nostalgic 1970’s style, Nicolas Pesce’s Piercing (2018) is an interesting story about serial killer whose targeted victim’s actions continue to perplex him. 13: Assassination Nation: Underneath a blanket of violence, drugs, sex, and more violence Sam Levinson creates an excellent social satire as the quiet town of Salem turns on itself as people’s internet histories are exposed in this complete all-out adrenaline rush, Assassination Nation (2018). 25th 14. Nancy: A pathological liar in search of a better life, Nancy Freeman (Andrea Riseborough) discovers she may the long lost daughter of an older couple and her increasing hopes that it’s true threaten to potentially bring an even greater heartbreak in Christina Choe’s Nancy (2018). 15: Lizzie: In 1892 threatening letters and the discovery of her relationship with the house maid lead to ever increasing tensions between Lizzie Borden (Chloe Sevigny) and her father Andrew Borden (Jamey Sheridan) in the disturbing true story of Craig William Macneill’s Lizzie (2018). 26th 16: BLAZE: Ethan Hawke’s BLAZE (2018) tells the story of the life, love, and legend of the lovable, but under appreciated, Blaze Foley (Ben Dicky) as he tries to make his way in the country music world. 17: The Miseducation of Cameron Post: In a comedic, but all to real, story of unacceptance Cameron Post (Chloe Grace Moretz) is sent to a gay conversion therapy center in Desiree Akavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018). 18: Arizona: While Danny McBride delivers a hilarious performance as the stupid and incredibly selfish Sonny, the joke seems to get old rather quickly in Johnathan Watson’s fairly disappointing film Arizona (2018). 19: A Woman Captured: Bernadett Tuza-Ritter portrays the heartbreaking reality of modern-day slavery through the story of Edith, a slave and mother, as she tries to escape her life to be with her family in A Woman Captured (2017).

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Photobook lovers, rejoice! 'Gordon Parks: Segregation Story' is Back in Stock! One of the great photography books of the 20th century and perhaps Parks’ photographic masterpiece, this expanded edition includes around 30 previously unpublished photographs, as well as enhanced reproductions created from Parks’ original color transparencies; newly discovered descriptions Parks wrote for the photographs; a manuscript of film-developing instructions and captions Parks authored with Samuel F. Yette; previously published texts by the late art historian Maurice Berger and the esteemed journalist and civil rights activist Charlayne Hunter-Gault; and a new essay by artist Dawoud Bey.⁠ ⁠ @dawoudbey writes: “In picture after picture … deliberate choices of tool, material and sensibility lend the Black Southern presence, often under siege, a sense of lives fully and expressively lived. We see Black subjects and spaces that are rendered with all of the qualities of expressivity that the medium is capable of in the hands of one seeking to use it as not only an information-gathering tool, and as a ‘weapon against all the things I dislike about America,’ as Parks once stated, but also as a transformative tool capable of reshaping the experience of the world, and the Southern Black peoples who lived in it, into photographs that are the equal of those made by others whose works are considered formative to the medium’s expressive potential.”⁠ ⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ Published by @steidlverlag & @gordonparksfoundation⁠ By Gordon Parks. Edited by Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr, Michal Raz-Russo. Text by Maurice Berger, Dawoud Bey, Charlayne Hunter-Gault.⁠ ⁠ #gordonparks #segregationstory #segregation #photobook #gordonparkssegregationstory https://www.instagram.com/p/CqIaEvzORtX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[blackartnews]

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

Untitled, New York, New York, 1957 – All images courtesy of and © The Gordon Parks Foundation.

Eartha Kitt Performs at the Blue Angel, New York, New York, 1952 – All images courtesy of and © The Gordon Parks Foundation.

American Boys’ Feet on Street, Paris, France, 1951 – All images courtesy of and © The Gordon Parks Foundation.

Langston Hughes, Chicago, Illinois, 1941 – All images courtesy of and © The Gordon Parks Foundation.

Falling Man, Paris, France, 1951 – All images courtesy of and © The Gordon Parks Foundation.

  Jack Shainman Gallery is pleased to announce Gordon Parks: I Am You | Part 1. As a photographer, film director, composer, and writer, Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was a visionary artist whose work continues to influence American culture to this day. In collaboration with the Gordon Parks Foundation, this first half of a two-part exhibition will focus on Parks’ lesser-known bodies of work, such as his elegant compositions of artists in their studios, as well as his timeless fashion photography.

Though Parks is best known for his photographs documenting much of the civil rights era, he spent many years as a freelance photographer for a variety of publications, working across many subjects. Among his lesser-known works featured in the exhibition are a series of portraits of artists in their studios, including Helen Frankenthaler, Alexander Calder and Alberto Giacometti. A 1951 group of images taken in Giacometti’s studio transforms the artist into one of his creations – skeletal and draped in shadow, yet still dominating the composition, even from the background.

I Am You also includes examples from Parks’ fashion works taken during the 1950s and 60s in New York. He showcased a signature aesthetic, which photography historian and Gordon Parks Foundation board member Deborah Willis calls street style. “He situated models in haute couture dresses and stylized suits within the lively city. Readers could imagine themselves in the clothing, either waiting for a bus on Fifth Avenue or experiencing a flat tire on the way to a ball.” She adds, “Gordon understood the importance of beauty in everyday life. He recognized desire and found a way to express it in many forms.”*

As a photographer for Life Magazine during the publication’s most influential years, Parks had a wide audience for his celebrity portraits and photo essays. His work documented everyday life across the country, when photographs were not only taken at face value, but could turn the tide of public opinion. Parks’ images have been woven into the fabric of our nation’s collective visual memories and continue to be relevant today. American rap musician Kendrick Lamar recreated several classic Parks photographs in the 2017 music video for his song “ELEMENT,” emulating not only the artist’s signature aesthetic style, but his critique of injustice and call for activism.

Gordon Parks was born in Kansas in 1912. He was self-taught, and first worked for the Farm Security Administration, documenting the nation’s social conditions. In the 1940s he was a freelance photographer for publications like Ebony and Vogue and in 1948, he became the first African American staff photographer and writer for Life magazine, the most prominent photojournalist publication in the world at that time. He spent twenty years with the publication, chronicling racism and poverty, and captured moments with leaders such as Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. that would go on to become iconic.  He was also a noted composer and author, and in 1969, became the first African American to write and direct a Hollywood feature film based on his bestselling novel The Learning Tree. This was followed in 1971 by the classic motion picture Shaft. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1988, and continued working until his death in 2006, leaving behind The Gordon Parks Foundation to continue his influential legacy.

Concurrently on view at 513 West 20th Street is Third Sun, an exhibition of works by Odili Donald Odita. The Coffins of Paa Joe and the Pursuit of Happiness is on view at The School in Kinderhook through February 24, 2018. Upcoming exhibitions at the gallery include I Am You | Part 2 at our 24th Street location, and an exhibition of works on paper by Barkley L. Hendricks at 513 West 20th Street, both opening February 15, 2018.

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 6pm. For additional information and photographic material please contact Victoria Kung, SUTTON, victoria.kung@suttonpr.com, +1 212 202 3402.

Gordon Parks, “I Am You | Part 1” | Thursday, Jan.11 | Black Art News 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.

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Documentaries on Martin Luther King, Jr., Arthur Miller and More Set to Debut on HBO

Documentaries on Martin Luther King, Jr., Garry Shandling, Arthur Miller to Debut on HBO

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmichael appear in King In The Wilderness by Peter Kunhardt HBO has confirmed a diverse array of timely and thought-provoking documentaries for the first half of 2018 (more…)

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Devin Allen’s new book: A Beautiful Ghetto

Devin Allen, a 26-year-old West Baltimore resident, only aspired to be a professional photographer. When protests took over his city, the photos published in Instagram propelled the amateur on the global stage.

Photographing models and street photography were passions for the young amateur dreaming to become professional.  Inspired by artists like Andy Warhol or photographers as Gordon Parks, Devin Allen revealed already in his street photographs the influence of Parks work. Gordon Parks was a seminal figure of twentieth century photography. A humanitarian with a deep commitment to social justice, he left behind a body of work that documents many of the most important aspects of American culture from the early 1940s up until his death in 2006, with a focus on race relations, poverty, civil rights, and urban life. In addition, Parks was also a celebrated composer, author, and filmmaker who interacted with many of the most prominent people of his era – from politicians and artists to celebrities and athletes.

On April 2015 the world of young Devin Allen changed. When protests took over his city in the aftermath of Freddie Gray’s death – the 25-year-old African-American man who was severely injured while in Baltimore police custody and later died – , the young amateur photographer took to Instagram to publish his photographs of the protest.

Suddenly the photographer gained national attention, when his iconic photo from the Baltimore Uprising following Freddie Grey’s death was published, May 2015, on the cover of TIME Magazine (only the third time the work of an amateur photographer had been showcased there). Devin is now back with “A Beautiful Ghetto”, a new book and exhibition of his work at The Gordon Parks Foundation that provides a window into the heart of the frustration and outrage of a community in response to police brutality not only in their own city, but nationwide.

The Gordon Parks Foundation opened, September 15, its newest exhibition of photographs, Devin Allen’s A Beautiful Ghetto, which is on view at the Foundation’s exhibition space through November 18.  The exhibition showcases the self-taught Baltimore native’s documentation of the landscape and community of Baltimore immediately following the 2015 death of Freddie Gray.

“When most people think about the word ‘ghetto,’ they think of poverty, struggle, pain, violence, drugs,” said Devin Allen. “But for me, the word ‘ghetto’ is so much more. When I look deep into my community, I see a beauty that is often overlooked and unappreciated.”

A Beautiful Ghetto provides a window into the heart of the frustration and outrage of a community in response to police brutality not only in their own city, but nationwide. Allen’s camera acts as a witness to the first peaceful public protest that evolved into rioting casting an international spotlight on the city.

The exhibit and book mark Allen’s connection to the The Gordon Parks Foundation, as the photographer was chosen for the Foundation’s inaugural fellowship, which focuses, says the foundation’s Executive Director, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr on art that explores social justice themes.

The Gordon Parks Foundation’s mission is to permanently preserve the work of Gordon Parks, make it available to the public through exhibitions, books, and electronic media, and support artistic and educational activities that advance what Parks described as “the common search for a better life and a better world.” The primary purpose of The Gordon Parks Foundation’s exhibition space is to present focused exhibits of Parks’ photography, as part of the Foundation’s commitment to educating the public and preserving his work.

The appearance of Devin Allen’s photographs on the media changed the future for the photographer. His photographs have now appeared in New York Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Aperture. His prints are in the permanent collections of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, and the Studio Museum in Harlem.

The experience lived in 2015 and Allen’s interest in Gordon Parks work have opened new horizons for the recipient of the 2017 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship. Devin Allen founded Through Their Eyes, a youth photography educational program, that aims to arm the youth of Baltimore with cameras, so they can tell their stories. Like Allen does now, inspired by what Gordon Parks did before. Fortunately, the trend to document the world continues.

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New Kendrick Lamar Music Video Pays Tribute to Gordon Parks’ Photos http://ift.tt/2sp8Zlm

In the new music video for Kendrick Lamar’s track ELEMENT, Lamar pays tribute to renowned American photographer Gordon Parks.

Parks was born in 1912 and passed away in 2006. He was prominent in the world of photojournalism in the 1940s through the 1970s. Parks paid particular attention to African-American, civil rights, and poverty issues.

He was the first African American photographer to work for Life and Vogue magazines, in a career that spanned fashion photography, as well as working for the government. Not only this, but he was the first to shoot and direct major Hollywood films, too. Consequently, he was the pioneer of the blaxploitation genre with his 1971 film Shaft.

People online were quick to point out, and praise, the similarities in the video. Clearly, a lot of thought and creativity went into the Lamar video in recreating such poignant photos.

Here are some side-by-side comparisons. Parks’ photos are on the left and still frames from the music video are on the right:

“The Gordon Parks Foundation is pleased to see Kendrick Lamar recognize Gordon Parks’ important photography while working at Life Magazine and honoring his legacy,” Peter W. Kunhardt Jr., the foundation’s executive director, told Okayplayer. More information about Gordon Parks is available on the Gordon Parks Foundation website.

(via Kendrick Lamar via Fstoppers)

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June 30, 2017 at 06:04PM

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Episode 25: Chicago History Museum

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While we're putting together a new recording setup, I thought it'd be enlightening to take a trip to the Chicago History Museum with Abe to look at some of artifacts from his life. I was wrong.

Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/user-675993016/chicago-history-museum

Sources: 

Lincoln: An Illustrated Biography, by Philip B. Kunhardt Jr. (Author), Philip B. Kunhardt III (Author), Peter W. Kunhardt  (Author) [HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]

Chicago History Museum