Tag Archives: Gordon Parks

Water is Life: World Water Day

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Christopher George

Martin Munkacsi, [Man inspecting water container, Rio de Janeiro], ca. 1932 (2007.110.556) Margaret Bourke-White, [Editor Wilbur Cogshall of the Louisville Courier-Journal at his desk drinking boiled water from bottle while reporting on severe flooding], 1937 (1649.2005) George Rodger, Searching for … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1937, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1961, Brazil, Burma, George Rodger, Gordon Parks, Henri Cartier Bresson, Italy, Margaret Bourke-White, Martin Munkacsi, Myanmar, Naples, Pakistan, Rangoon, Water, Water is Life, Yangon | Leave a comment

Listening to Records

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Christopher George

Martin Munkacsi, [Listening to records], 1930s Weegee, After midnight in Washington Square Park, Folk Dance, ca. 1946 (14213.1993) Gordon Parks, “Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man,’” 1952 (1606.2005) Retreat is found beneath the city in an underground room. Here surrounded by lights, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1952, 1971, Curtis Humphrey, Gordon Parks, Manhattan, Martin Munkacsi, New York, New York City, records, Washington Square Park, Weegee | Leave a comment

Malcolm X

Posted on February 21, 2017 by claartjevandijk

Gordon Parks, L.A. Courtroom, Malcolm X displaying pictures of Muslim Ronald Stokes, killed by police a year earlier, 1963 (178.2003) In the May 31st, 1963 issue of Life magazine, Gordon Parks wrote a compelling article. Together with his photographs and through the words of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged African American History Month 2017, Black History Month 2017, Black Lives Matter, civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Gordon Parks, Malcolm X | Leave a comment

Six Skulls (for Halloween)

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Christopher George

Andreas Feininger, Ritual Skull, 1969, (841.1976) Vu, June 29, 1932 (2009.61.20) (One cover photo by André Kertész.) Vu, April 3, 1935 (2009.61.101) (Photo by Martin Munkacsi.) Danny Lyon, Mark di Suvero with the skull “Yorick” in his 195 Front Street … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged 1932, 1935, Andre Kertesz, Andreas Feininger, Danny Lyon, Gordon Parks, Halloween, Manhattan, Mark di Suvero, Martin Munkacsi, New York, New York City, skull, Vu | 5 Comments

The Stories of Standard Oil

Posted on September 24, 2014 by claartjevandijk

Gordon Parks, [Portrait of the Owner of the General Store], 1943-50 (149.1983) Sol Libsohn, U.S. 22, Pennsylvania, 1945 (153.1983) After a rather abrupt ending of funding for the photographic project of the Farm Security Administration, Roy Stryker accepted another challenge: … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged Esther Bubley, Gordon Parks, oil industry, Roy Stryker, Sol Libsohn, Standard Oil Company, Todd Webb | Leave a comment

Norishment or Poison?

Posted on March 11, 2014 by fansinaflashbulb

Milk has been part of our diet since the Neolithic Revolution (10,000 BCE), when humans domesticated animals. The discussion about organic, raw, and genetically treated food is at its peak. There are arguments on each side of the coin, both … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged Aleksandras Macijauskas, Gordon Parks, Harold Eugene Edgerton, ICP-Bard, Roman Vishniac, Weegee | Leave a comment

The Joys of Commuting

Posted on March 4, 2014 by erinbarnett

Lucien Aigner, Last express to the suburbs, Paris, 1934 (277.1982) Gordon Parks, Commuters, New York City, 1946 (152.1983) Dan Weiner, Commuters, Forest Park, Illinois, 1953 (138.1992) Charles Pratt, Hoboken Ferry, 1963 (94.1996) Sebastião Salgado, Churchgate is the terminus station of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged Charles Pratt, commuters, Dan Weiner, Forest Park, Gordon Parks, Hoboken, Lucien Aigner, Mumbai, New York City, Paris, Sebastião Salgado | 1 Comment

50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Posted on August 28, 2013 by erinbarnett

Francis Miller, [Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech to the crowd assembled in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.], August, 28, 1963 (1013.2005) Charles Moore, [March on Washington], August 28, 1963 (178.1991) Paul Schutzer, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged Charles Moore, Civil rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Francis Miller, Gordon Parks, Lincoln Memorial, March on Washington, Paul Schutzer, photojournalism | Leave a comment

“… he plays records and eats ice cream…”

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Christopher George

Gordon Parks, “Retreat is found beneath the city in an underground room. Here, surrounded by lights, he plays records and eats ice cream and sloe gin as he broods over his invisibility. To take this symbolic picture, Parks built a … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged Gordon Parks, record, Record Store Day, records, vinyl, Weegee | Leave a comment

Focus on Fashion: Backstage and On Stage

Posted on September 20, 2010 by erinbarnett

William Klein, Patrick Kelly, 1987, from Backstage, 1986–92 N. R. Farbman, [Models in evening dresses surrounded by crowd of buyers, Dior fashion show], 1951 Gordon Parks, Paris Showings–Show stoppers of collections where fabulous ball dresses like these Fath designs. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Fans in a Flashbulb | Tagged Dior, fashion, fashion photography, Gordon Parks, Jacques Fath, N.R. Farbman, Patrick Kelly, William Klein | Leave a comment