Gordon Parks
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A black and white photograph. Against a gray sky, two young girls (one white and one Black) dominate the frame; the white girl is wearing a gray tank top and looking off into the distance; the Black girl, snuggled close behind her, is wearing a striped shirt and looking down at the camera with an unreadable expression.
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"Camp Buddies, Haverstraw, New York, 1943"—from a series of propaganda photographs Parks took while working for the War Department. Camp Ellen Marvin, Camp Gaylord White, Camp Nathan Hale, and Camp Christmas Seals were integrated summer camps for Black and white children of New York City run by the Methodist Camp Service.
The great Gordon Parks, one of the 20th century's best photographers, was born on this day in 1912. #photography
"Camp Buddies, Haverstraw, New York, 1943"—from a series of propaganda photographs Parks took while working for the War Department. Camp Ellen Marvin, Camp Gaylord White, Camp Nathan Hale, and Camp Christmas Seals were integrated summer camps for Black and white children of New York City run by the Methodist Camp Service.
The great Gordon Parks, one of the 20th century's best photographers, was born on this day in 1912. #photography
