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Authors, works and languages of the image
Gordon Parks
Chicago, 1953
"Chicago, Illinois", 1953. © Gordon Parks.
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Introduction
The photograph in question, captured by the masterful lens of Gordon Parks in 1953, represents a fundamental chapter in the vast and incisive production of the African American photographer. This image, often associated with the (then-unpublished) photo essay created by Parks for Life magazine at the Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, stands as an emblem of the dignity, resilience, and identity of the urban Black community in post-war America.
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