Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Gordon Parks Photographic images

Because of the lights and the glare from the large picture windows in the three rooms of the Weinstein Gallery in Minneapolis, it was impossible to get really good photos of the recent Gordon Parks exhibit.  It was a wonderful show of some of his photographic work, and even though the exhibit is over and my photos are not of good quality,  I feel that I need to mention it. One room had a collection entitled "Invisible Man," which had a number of extraordinary black and white images of men. The other two rooms were coloured photos of black people in Southern, mostly rural, communities. Many of the pieces were "untitled" and captions were unneeded as many of the images clearly showed the segregation and discrimination of the period.
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8 comments:

  1. Segregation was a dreadful time. It was the main reason when we lived in Central Africa that we never went to South Africa, it was during Apartheid, too shocking!

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  2. That must have been a very moving exhibit.

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  3. I could imagine the poignancy of the exhibit.

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  4. I have thought Mr. Parks to be an extraordinary photographer for some time. I'd guess the exhibit would also be extraordinary!

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  5. I saw some of Mr. Parks photos once and they told the story the way it was.

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  6. I always love photo exhibitions!

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  7. I'd like to have seen that. Such photos can tell extraordinarily moving stories.

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  8. This must have been a wonderful exhibition. I find that you have to photograph photographs under glass from an angle to minimize reflections.

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