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Harlem--Gang Warfare
Object Details
- Exhibition Label
- In 1948, Parks approached Life magazine with a proposal to do a freelance story on Harlem’s gangs. Editors were fascinated and offered Parks two hundred dollars to do the piece. “Harlem Gang Leader Red Jackson’s Life is One of Fear, Frustration and Violence” was a dramatic and poignant story told through unforgettable images and extended captions. Light barely touches the shadowy figures in Harlem – Gang Warfare, one of the photographs included in the essay. Shot from below, the picture captures the aggression but also the vulnerability of the young gang members.
- African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond, 2012
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
- Copyright
- © 1948, Gordon Parks Foundation
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date
- 1948, printed 1950s
- Object number
- 1998.121.3
- Artist
- Gordon Parks, born Fort Scott, KS 1912-died New York City 2006
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Photography-Photoprint
- Medium
- gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- sheet and image: 19 1/8 x 15 1/8 in. (48.5 x 38.3 cm.)
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- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Topic
- Cityscape\New York\New York
- Figure group\male
- African American
- State of being\evil\violence
- Cityscape\New York\Harlem
- Record ID
- saam_1998.121.3
- Usage
- Not determined
