Red Jackson, Harlem Gang Leader

Gordon Parks, artist

1912–2006

Red Jackson, Harlem Gang Leader, 1948

Portfolio/Series title: "Harlem Gang Leader," published in LIFE magazine, November 1, 1948

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: gelatin silver print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 20 x 16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 25 x 20 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Friends of the Art Museum

Accession number: 1993.0047

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Gordon Parks has enjoyed a long and successful career as an artist, working in poetry, fiction, autobiography, film, and ballet as well as in the medium for which he is best known, photography. During the 1940s he made photographs for the Farm Security Administration and the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, projects that documented American life during that time. He joined the staff of Life magazine in 1949 as its first African-American photographer, working in France, the United States, and Brazil. He retired from Life in the early 1970s and now makes film, writes, paints, and composes music, in addition to his photography.