The Mid-Century Fashion Photographer Who Broke the American Colour Line

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Gordon Parks (1912–2006) was a singular figure in every sense of the word, transcending every boundary foisted upon him as a black man coming of age in Jim Crow America. Now, Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950, a new exhibition in Washington, looks back at the groundbreaking first decade of his career, during which he rose to become the first African-American…

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The Mid-Century Fashion Photographer Who Broke the American Colour Line
By Miss Rosen

November 6, 2018 at 04:48AM
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