Thu February 4, 2016
Gordon Parks: Higher Ground
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at Jenkins Johnson Gallery
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Opening February 4, 5:30 - 7:30; Exhibition February 5 - April 2, 10am - 6pm.
Higher Ground, an exhibition of over 60 photographs by the most important black photojournalist commemorating his Life magazine photo essays on the Civil Rights Movement.
Gordon Parks (1912 - 2006) was the first black photojournalist to work at Life magazine, from 1948 to 1972, Parks documented the stories of those he photographed, personalizing his assignments to tell the broader story of the African American experience. The show will include works from his photo essays, Invisible Man, 1952; Segregation Story, 1956; Duke Ellington, 1960 The March on Washington, 1963; The Nation of Islam, 1963; Muhammad Ali, 1970; and The Black Panthers, 1970.
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Higher Ground, an exhibition of over 60 photographs by the most important black photojournalist commemorating his Life magazine photo essays on the Civil Rights Movement.
Gordon Parks (1912 - 2006) was the first black photojournalist to work at Life magazine, from 1948 to 1972, Parks documented the stories of those he photographed, personalizing his assignments to tell the broader story of the African American experience. The show will include works from his photo essays, Invisible Man, 1952; Segregation Story, 1956; Duke Ellington, 1960 The March on Washington, 1963; The Nation of Islam, 1963; Muhammad Ali, 1970; and The Black Panthers, 1970.
Opening February 4, 5:30 - 7:30; Exhibition February 5 - April 2, 10am - 6pm.
Higher Ground, an exhibition of over 60 photographs by the most important black photojournalist commemorating his Life magazine photo essays on the Civil Rights Movement.
Gordon Parks (1912 - 2006) was the first black photojournalist to work at Life magazine, from 1948 to 1972, Parks documented the stories of those he photographed, personalizing his assignments to tell the broader story of the African American experience. The show will include works from his photo essays, Invisible Man, 1952; Segregation Story, 1956; Duke Ellington, 1960 The March on Washington, 1963; The Nation of Islam, 1963; Muhammad Ali, 1970; and The Black Panthers, 1970.
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Higher Ground, an exhibition of over 60 photographs by the most important black photojournalist commemorating his Life magazine photo essays on the Civil Rights Movement.
Gordon Parks (1912 - 2006) was the first black photojournalist to work at Life magazine, from 1948 to 1972, Parks documented the stories of those he photographed, personalizing his assignments to tell the broader story of the African American experience. The show will include works from his photo essays, Invisible Man, 1952; Segregation Story, 1956; Duke Ellington, 1960 The March on Washington, 1963; The Nation of Islam, 1963; Muhammad Ali, 1970; and The Black Panthers, 1970.
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Jenkins Johnson Gallery
464 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
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