American Gothic, Washington, D.c. — Gordon Parks

American Gothic, Washington, D.C.

Gordon Parks’ "American Gothic, Washington, D.C." – a poignant reimagining of Grant Wood’s classic. Black & white photography, social commentary, and historical significance.


Gordon Parks (1912 - 2006)

Discover Gordon Parks: groundbreaking photographer, filmmaker & author who documented American life, civil rights & poverty with powerful imagery. A true pioneer!

Before he began his influential career in photojournalism at Life magazine in 1948, Kansas native and African-American photographer Gordon Parks worked for the Farm Security Administation (FSA), the government agency created to document the effects of the Depression. American Gothic was taken while Parks was employed by the FSA in Washington, D.C. This portrait of Ella Watson, a cleaning woman at the FSA offices, is Parks