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Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Tenement Dwellers, Chicago, Illinois, 1950
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation

Tenement Dwellers, Chicago, Illinois, 1950

Portfolio/SeriesFort Scott Revisited, LIFE Magazine, 1950 (unpublished)
Artist (United States, 1912 - 2006)
Date1950, printed 2017
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsIMAGE: 9 x 11 3/4 in. (228.6 x 298.4 mm)
SHEET: 11 x 14 in. (279.4 x 355.6 mm)
Object TypePhotographs
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation
Object number2017.437
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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, In the shadowy slum into which she was born in Rio de Ja…
In the shadowy slum into which she was born in Rio de Janeiro, 3-year-old Isabel da Silva cries to herself after vainly seeking comfort from her exhausted father, José.
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1961, printed 2017
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Sick and exhausted from week’s care of the family, Flávi…
Sick and exhausted from week’s care of the family, Flávio rests on Sunday when his mother is free to look after brothers and sisters. “I am not afraid of death,” he explained earnestly to Parks. “But what will they do after?
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1961, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Isabel da Silva, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1961
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1961, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Title unknown, (girl sitting on street curb, Paris, France, 1951)
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1951, printed 2017
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Trapped in abandoned building by a rival gang on street…
Trapped in abandoned building by a rival gang on street, Red Jackson ponders his next move.
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1948, printed 2017
Object image courtesy of Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art; Gordon …
Newsman Being Frisked at Muslim Rally in Chicago, Illinois, 1963
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1963, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Title unknown (Muslim women, Chicago, Illinois, 1963)
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1963, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Death Room
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1950, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Pool Hall
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1950, printed 2017
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Flavio's Neighbor's Corpse, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1961…
Dead neighbor of Da Silvas lies with vigil candles awaiting burial
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1961, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Mrs. Mullens, Fort Scott, Kansas, 1950
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1950, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Merchant, 1950
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1950, printed 2017