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Color as Witness: Gordon Parks’ Segregation Photography Gets a New Spotlight

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Source: The Guardian
Color as Witness: Gordon Parks’ Segregation Photography Gets a New Spotlight
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A London exhibition of Gordon Parks’s color photography from 1942–1967 highlights intimate portraits of segregation, the dignity of Black communities in the Jim Crow South, and pivotal Civil Rights moments—curated by Bryan Stevenson to emphasize Parks’s art as a powerful tool for change amid today’s challenges to truth and historical memory.

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  1. ‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it  The Guardian
  2. Gordon Parks, ‘We Shall Not Be Moved’: review  wallpaper.com
  3. The enduring legacy of Gordon Parks  Wilmington News Journal
  4. Bryan Stevenson on the Enduring Power of Gordon Parks  Frieze
  5. Gordon Parks: Truth in Life  Magnum Photos

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