It’s #FoundFilmFriday! Celebrating Gordon Parks’ SOLOMON NORTHUP’S ODYSSEY (1984), starring Avery Brooks. This vital work, once elusive, has been given a stunning new 4K restoration by Indie Collect! See it at BAM Rose Cinemas from April 3-9, 2026. This is why preservation matters.
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The Pearl River floods through the streets of Jackson/A Mississippi summer televised/Trapped houses kneel like sinners in the rain/a white woman climbs from her roof to a passing boat...
📸 #GordonParks 🇺🇸▶️ #WeShallNotBeMoved 🎟️ #AlisonJacques 💻Read www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
'A Language We Share' Traces a Photographic Lineage Between #GordonParks and #BeverlyPrice www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/03/beve... #photography
Gordon Parks at the Civil Rights March on Washington, 1963.
#OnThisDay in 2006, American photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker, Gordon Parks died in New York City, after a brilliant and remarkable, if nearly invisible career. He was 93.
Photo by Rowland Scherman
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Truth in Life. In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth2026, #EliReed honors the work of #GordonParks, featuring portraits from the Magnum archive and insight from the Gordon Parks Foundation
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Gordon Parks (1912-2006), Photographer
Died #otd Gordon Parks (1912-2006), Photographer, 20 years ago today #GordonParks life story...
#OTD #TDIH #March7, 2006: #DOTD: #RIP #GordonParks. #Photographers #Directors #Songwriters #BlackPeople #Blacks #Photojournalism #CivilRights #Photography #LifeMagazine #FSA #Shaft1971Film #Blaxploitation #Movies #Hollywood #Jazz #Ballet #MovieSky
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#OTD #TDIH #March7, 2006: #DOTD: #RIP #GordonParks. #Photographers #Directors #Songwriters #BlackPeople #Blacks #Photojournalism #CivilRights #Photography #LifeMagazine #FSA #Shaft1971Film #Blaxploitation #Movies #Hollywood #Jazz #Ballet #MovieSky
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#OTD #TDIH #March7, 2006: #DOTD: #RIP #GordonParks. #Photographers #Directors #Songwriters #BlackPeople #Blacks #Photojournalism #CivilRights #Photography #LifeMagazine #FSA #Shaft1971Film #Blaxploitation #Movies #Hollywood #Jazz #Ballet #MovieSky
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#GordonParks’ era-defining shots of #segregation – and those who defied it. The visionary photographer captured the ugliness of #racism in #America, as well as the strength and dignity of those who opposed it www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... #photography
NEW REVIEW!
SHAFT (1971)
Link: midniteramble.blogspot.com/2026/02/shaf...
#shaft #richardroundtree #isaachayes #blaxploitationfilms #gordonparks
Gordon Parks didn’t just take photos, he changed how America saw itself. 📸
Barrier Broken:
First Black staff photographer at LIFE magazine.
Image Credits:
arts.gov
LIFE
collectionsartsmia.org
thecut.com
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To celebrate Black History Month, I am posting work of a Black artist from history per day.
For February 23rd, I am posting work by Gordon Parks. (2/2)
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To celebrate Black History Month, I am posting work of a Black artist from history per day.
For February 23rd, I am posting work by Gordon Parks. (1/2)
#BlackHistoryMonth #GordonParks #photographer
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This week for BHM, we honor Gordon Parks — a groundbreaking artist, photographer, and filmmaker who used his creativity to spotlight injustice & inspire change. His legacy reminds us how resilience & storytelling shape a more just and compassionate world. #bhm #gordonparks #storytelling #livproject
Shaft (1971)
Directed by Gordon Parks.
Starring: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi and Christopher St. John.
If you’ve seen it, what’s your score out of 10? and tell me why.
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One of my favorite Films, especially during Black History Month ❤️🖤💚 #filmsky #gordonparks #bhm
1963 Gordon Parks photograph of an African American boy lying peacefully in the grass with a June bug on his forehead.
Gordon Parks, Boy with June Bug, Fort Scott, Kansas, 1963.
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BREAKING: Legendary photographer #GordonParks only surviving son drops by #BlackPressRadio Studios for the VERY FIRST podcast interview of 2026! #BlackTwitter #BlackHistory @spikelee.bsky.social #schomberglibrar @rolandsmartin.bsky.social @indynaacp.bsky.social @nabjprez2011.bsky.social
Gordon Parks: Black History Month
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In #JANUARY 1943
‘#DaytonaBeach, #Florida. #BethuneCookmanCollege. "The Cabin," built by #NYA (#NationalYouthAdministration) students. This is the building in which the faculty has its own meals.’ #FSA #photographer #GordonParks (1912-2006)
#blackandwhitephotography #TheNewDeal
Danseuses au Latin Quarter, Manhattan, New York, 1958 - Gordon Parks (1912-2006), photographe, réalisateur, romancier, essayiste, journaliste et militant noir américain. Ses œuvres les plus connues sont ses photo-reportages pour le magazine Life.
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Gordon Parks, photo exhibition opening, 1987 © Mason Resnick
From 50 years of Street Photography. All photos are available as signed, numbered prints. Feel free to message me if you're interested.
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