Gordon Parks: Camera Portraits from the Corcoran Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (2024)

            Gordon Parks: Camera Portraits looks at a celebrated American photographer and how he forged a new mode of portraiture after World War II. Parks blended a documentary photographer’s desire to place his subjects where they lived and worked with a studio photographer’s attention to dress, character, and expression. In doing so, he believed he could create portraits of individuals that addressed their cultural significance. He applied this approach to such American icons as boxer Muhammad Ali and conductor Leonard Bernstein, as well as to a Harlem gang leader and to a Detroit couple, revealing the humanity and cultural dignity of each person.

This exhibition, drawn primarily from the Corcoran Collection, presents some 25 portraits Parks made between 1941 and 1970. Explore Parks's innovations in portraiture through some of his best-known photographs. Learn how his portraits speak to larger stories of the civil rights movement, the African American experience, and American culture.

(Source: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC)

Taken in: United States / Washington, D.C. / Judiciary Square (show map)

Taken on: October 15, 2024

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Camera: LEICA CAMERA AG LEICA Q3, f/1.7, 1/50 sec, 28mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	LEICA CAMERA AG LEICA Q3
Lens:	SUMMILUX 1:1.7/28 ASPH.
Aperture:	f/1.7
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 14.0 (Macintosh)
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