Red Jackson, Harlem Gang Leader, Gordon Parks

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Gordon Parks, Red Jackson, Harlem Gang Leader
Gordon Parks, Red Jackson, Harlem Gang Leader
Gordon Parks
Red Jackson, Harlem Gang Leader
1948
Gordon Parks
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 0.9843 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 25 x 20 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Friends of the Art Museum
Accession number: 1993.0047
Not on display
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Archive Label: 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.