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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, Flavio's Neighbor's Corpse, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1961, printed 2017, gelatin silver print 18 x 12 1/2 in. (image) Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.367. Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation.

Dead neighbor of Da Silvas lies with vigil candles awaiting burial

Portfolio/SeriesFreedom’s Fearful Foe: Poverty, LIFE Magazine, June 16, 1961
Artist (United States, 1912 - 2006)
Date1961, printed 2017
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsIMAGE: 18 x 12 1/2 in. (457.2 x 317.5 mm)
SHEET: 20 x 16 in. (508 x 406.4 mm)
Object TypePhotographs
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation
Object number2017.367
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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
2017.400
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
2017.442
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
2017.413
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
2017.404
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Tenement Dwellers, Chicago, Illinois, 1950
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1950, printed 2017
2017.437
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
2017.418
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
2017.406
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Jose da Silva
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1961, printed 2017
2017.459
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Nair da Silva and Zacarias
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1961, printed 2017
2017.461
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Untitled, 1952, printed 2017 Gelatin silver print 14 x…
Neighbors
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1952, printed 2017
2017.372
On Campus
On Campus
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1985
2017.489
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Title unknown (Flavio's brother, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 1961)
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1961, printed 2017
2017.451