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DESCRIPTION:Opening February 4, 5:30 - 7:30; Exhibition February 5 - April 2, 10am - 
 6pm.\n\nHigher Ground, an exhibition of over 60 photographs by the most 
 important black photojournalist commemorating his Life magazine photo 
 essays on the Civil Rights Movement.\n\nAs the first black photojournalist 
 to work at Life magazine, from 1948 to 1972, Parks documented the stories 
 of those he photographed, personalizing his assignments to tell the broader 
 story of the African American experience. By gaining their trust unlike any 
 other photojournalist, Parks' empathy & charisma enabled him to gain access 
 into his subject's world. The show will include works from the essays for 
 Life magazine, Invisible Man, 1952; Segregation Story, 1956; Duke 
 Ellington, 1960 The March on Washington, 1963; The Nation of Islam, 1963; 
 Muhammad Ali, 1970; & The Black Panthers, 1970.\n\nIn 2013, the gallery 
 presented Gordon Parks: Centennial, an exhibition of works spanning six 
 decades. Higher Ground presents lifetime silver gelatin prints & color 
 pigment prints that cover a period of strife and turmoil in American 
 History. This show coincides with the anniversaries of many historic 
 events, including: 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War; the 60th 
 anniversary of Rosa Parks refusing to give her bus seat to a white 
 passenger; & the 50th anniversaries of the assassination of Malcolm X & the 
 founding of the Black Panthers. The exhibition also documents milestones 
 including Ralph Ellison's groundbreaking 1952 National Book Award novel 
 Invisible Man, the 1963 March on Washington, the 1964 Civil Rights Act, & 
 the 1965 Voting Rights Act.\n\nGordon Parks documented a time in American 
 history that brought about the attention of the nation & acted as a 
 catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. He exposed wrongs & highlighted the 
 humanity in people, not with broad strokes but with the telling detail of 
 intimate moments. Gordon Parks, an iconic photographer, writer, composer, & 
 filmmaker, truly a Renaissance man, inspired storytellers & 
 image-makers.\n\nFree\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/01/19/18782056.php
SUMMARY:Gordon Parks: Higher Ground
LOCATION:Jenkins Johnson Gallery\n464 Sutter Street\nSan Francisco, CA 94108
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/01/19/18782056.php
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