This newly opened exhibition at the National Gallery of Art reveals the image of God reflected in the faces of men.
Gordon Parks combined documentary photography and studio portrait styles to create a unique blend of authenticity and story. He showed all his subjects the same, whether they were a legendary boxer or simple suburban couple.
The portraits of the 1950s reveal a different world. You’ll see honor and dignity pictured in cities rather than degeneracy. Marriage and family were the norm rather than fatherlessness.
“The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.”
-G. K. Chesterton
What do you see when you look at the portraits made by Gordon Parks?
Visit “Gordon Parks: Camera Portraits from the Corcoran Collection” on the ground floor of the West Building. The NGA is open daily from 10 am to 5 pm.
