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Monday, January 17, 2011

Gordon Parks: "American Gothic, Washington, D.C."

Photography Appreciation
Gordon Parks, renowned photographer and film maker, took this photo of Ms. Ella Watson while working at the Farm Security Administration in Washington, DC.  The young African American photographer became a fashion photographer for Vogue and Life magazines.  Some of his subjects included Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali.  He later went into film and directed Shaft, starring Richard Roundtree.

Washington, D.C. Government charwoman (LOC)
Sources: Flickr: Library of Congress; Wikipedia

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