These images
and film excite me because of the craftsmanship and time in my life that some
of them were taken. They are just a few used by ABC News in celebrating the life
of Mr. Gordon Parks. A photographer,
filmmaker, composer and writer and the first African-American to work for Life
magazine and the first to write, direct and score a Hollywood film, with ”Shaft”
in 1971. I selected these three photos titled “Bessie and Little Richard”, “Emerging
Man” and “Homeless Man” because to me they represent despair, disconnection and
loneliness. Even a photographer can be in the same or similar position as the
photos above. “I've known both
misery and happiness; lived in so many different skins it is impossible for one
skin to claim me. And I felt like a wayfarer on an alien planet at times –
walking, running, wondering about what brought me to this particular place, and
why. But once I was here the dreams started moving in, and I went about
devouring them as they devoured me.” – Gordon Parks. I wonder if I may be wrong
when pondering the images above because they may not need a brick and mortar structure
in order to be pleased with their housing existence.
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