Gordon Parks - the Flávio story
This book explores a once-popular picture story by Gordon Parks and the extraordinary chain of events it prompted. Published in 'Life' magazine in June 1961 as 'Poverty: Freedom's Fearful Foe', this empathetic photo-essay profiled the da Silva family, living in a hillside fa...
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Pleasantville, New York
The Gordon Parks Foundation
2018
Göttingen, Germany Steidl |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | This book explores a once-popular picture story by Gordon Parks and the extraordinary chain of events it prompted. Published in 'Life' magazine in June 1961 as 'Poverty: Freedom's Fearful Foe', this empathetic photo-essay profiled the da Silva family, living in a hillside favela near a wealthy enclave of Rio de Janeiro. Focused primarily on the eldest son Flavio, an industrious twelve-year-old suffering from crippling asthma, Parks' story elicited more than 3,000 letters and $25,000 in donations from 'Life' readers to help the family and the favela. In Brazil the story sparked controversy; one news magazine, 'O Cruzeiro', retaliated against 'Life', sending photographer Henri Ballot to document poverty in New York City. Undeterred, 'Life' embarked on a multi-year "rescue" effort that involved moving Flavio to a Denver hospital, relocating the family to a new home and administering funds to support the favela. The story, as well as Parks? relationship to Flavio, continued to develop over many years. The details of this extraordinary history provide a fascinating example of US exceptionalism during the early 1960s and a revealing look inside the power and cultural force of the "Great American Magazine". Exhibition: Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paolo, Brazil (02.12.2017-28.01.2018) / Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (06.02.-29.04.2018) / Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, Canada (September 2018) / The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA (09.07.-10.11.2019) |
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| Beschreibung: | Accompanies an exhibition of the same name: Instituto Moreira Salles, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2 December 2017 - 28 January 28 2018; Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6 February - 29 April 29 2018; Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, Canada, 12 September - 2 December 2 2018; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States, 9 July - 10 November 2019 |
| Beschreibung: | 301 Seiten 30 cm |
| ISBN: | 9783958293441 978-3-95829-344-1 |