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DiaporamaAmerican Gothic, Washington, D.C.
Documentary Photography
1942
36.0 x 28.0 cm
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
About this artwork
- Title: American Gothic, Washington, D.C.
- Artist: Gordon Parks
- Year: 1942
- Original dimensions: 36.0 x 28.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Creative period: Mid-Century Documentary
- Main color: Putty
- Keywords: american flag artwork , vintage photography , portrait photography
- Color hue: Blue-Violet to Rose
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