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NY Museum plans exhibit of Gordon Parks photographs
WRITTEN BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
TUESDAY, 15 JANUARY 2013 10:39
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – The State Museum is marking the 100th birthday of photographer Gordon Parks with an exhibit of his works.
The show opening on Jan. 26 showcases six decades of Parks' photographs. It will include his most famous photo, American Gothic, Washington, D.C., which shows a black cleaning woman standing in front of an American flag with a broom and a mop.
American Gothic, Washington, D.C.' by Gordon Parks (1912-2006). Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
.....The State Museum display is organized by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The exhibit includes images from the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information collections at the Library of Congress.
Read more: http://acn.liveauctioneers.com/index.php/features/antiques/8996-ny-museum-plans-exhibit-of-gordon-parks-photographs#ixzz2I5scb0zl
WRITTEN BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
TUESDAY, 15 JANUARY 2013 10:39
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – The State Museum is marking the 100th birthday of photographer Gordon Parks with an exhibit of his works.
The show opening on Jan. 26 showcases six decades of Parks' photographs. It will include his most famous photo, American Gothic, Washington, D.C., which shows a black cleaning woman standing in front of an American flag with a broom and a mop.
American Gothic, Washington, D.C.' by Gordon Parks (1912-2006). Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
.....The State Museum display is organized by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The exhibit includes images from the Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information collections at the Library of Congress.
Read more: http://acn.liveauctioneers.com/index.php/features/antiques/8996-ny-museum-plans-exhibit-of-gordon-parks-photographs#ixzz2I5scb0zl