American Gothic : Gordon Parks and Ella Watson / edited by Casey Riley and Philip Brookman ; with essays by Philip Brookman, Melanee C. Harvey, Casey Riley, Hank Willis Thomas, Salamishah Tillet, Deborah Willis ; series editor, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr.

Author/creator Parks, Gordon artist.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationGöttingen, Germany : Steidl [in cooperation with] The Gordon Parks Foundation [and] Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2023.
Copyright Date©2024
Description189 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 30 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorRiley, Casey (Curator), editor, writer of added text, curator.
Other author/creatorBrookman, Philip, editor, writer of added text.
Other author/creatorHarvey, Melanee C., writer of added text.
Other author/creatorThomas, Hank Willis, 1976- writer of added text.
Other author/creatorWillis, Deborah, 1948- writer of added text.
Other author/creatorLuber, Katherine Crawford, 1961- writer of foreword.
Other author/creatorKunhardt, Peter W., Jr., 1982- editor, writer of added text.
Other author/creatorMinneapolis Institute of Art, issuing body, host institution, publisher.
Other author/creatorGordon Parks Foundation, issuing body, publisher.
General noteCatalog from an exhibition held at Minneapolis Institute of Art, January 6-June 23, 2024.
General noteForeword by Dr. Katherine Crawford Luber and Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr.
General note"'American Gothic', Gordon Parks' 1942 portrait of government worker Ella Watson, is among the most celebrated photographs of the twentieth century. Created as part of an extensive collaboration between the photographer and his subject, it is at once a record of one woman's position within the racial, professional and economic hierarchies that stratified the nation's capital and Parks' visual reckoning with the realities of living in racially segregated Washington, D.C. Through his work with Watson--a custodian in the government building where he worked--Parks composed an intimate portrait of Black life by focusing on everyday activities, from work routines to family meals and church services. The resulting photographs trace a remarkably intimate portrait of Watson as a multidimensional figure, cherished by her community and vitally important within the civic sphere. American Gothic. 'Gordon Parks and Ella Watson' provides a comprehensive overview of this pivotal series of photographs, including more than 50 images, some never published before, and additional archival material."--Front flap of dusk jacket.
ISBN9783969992517 (hardcover)
ISBN3969992516 (hardcover)