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Beach Museum of Art
Kansas State University
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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, In the shadowy slum into which she was born in Rio de Ja…
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, 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., 1961, printed 2017, gelatin silver print, 15 1/8 x 21 in., Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.400 Image courtesy of and copyright by The Gordon Parks Foundation
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation

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.

Portfolio/SeriesFreedom’s Fearful Foe: Poverty, LIFE Magazine, June 16, 1961
Artist (United States, 1912 - 2006)
Date1961, printed 2017
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsIMAGE: 15 1/8 x 21 in. (384.2 x 533.4 mm)
SHEET: 20 x 24 in. (508 x 609.6 mm)
FRAME: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Object TypePhotographs
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation
Object number2017.400
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Gordon Parks: Homeward to the Prairie I Come
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
Flavio da Silva, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1961
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
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
The da Silva Shack in the Favela of Catacumba, Rio de Janeiro
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1961, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Tenement Dwellers, Chicago, Illinois, 1950
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1950, printed 2017
My Brother's Room
My Brother's Room
Lynda Andrus
2011
Object image courtesy of Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art; Gordon …
Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1961
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1961, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Jose da Silva
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1961, printed 2017
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Home for Da Silva family is hillside jumble of squatters…
Home for Da Silva family is hillside jumble of squatters’ huts beneath Rio’s famous statue of Christ.
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1961, printed 2017
Wind Cries Mary
Wind Cries Mary
Darryl Hughto
1979
Bessie and Little Richard the Morning After She Scalded Her Husband
Bessie and Little Richard the Morning After She Scalded Her Husband
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1967, printed 2017