Curator Talk: Gordon Parks
- Lecture
Washington, D.C. Government charwoman (detail), July 1942. Gordon Parks (American, 1912–2006). Gelatin silver print; 23.7 x 18.2 cm. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., LC-USF34-013407-C [P&P]. Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph
About The Event
A curator-led series of gallery talks, each focusing on a different section of Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950. This exhibition traces Parks’s evolution from an accomplished, self-taught practitioner to an independent and artistic journalistic voice widely communicating a meaningful and coherent understanding of critical social and cultural issues. Free; no registration required.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 12:00 p.m. – Photography: Parks’s Choice of Weapons
Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 12:00 p.m. – Canvassing the Country for Standard Oil
Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 12:00 p.m. – Infiltrating the Mass Media