This show coincides with the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Civil War, as well as the recent milestones of the Civil Rights Act, 1964, and the Voting Rights Act, 1965. In 2013, Jenkins Johnson Gallery presented Gordon Parks: Centennial, an exhibition of works spanning six decades. Higher Ground presents lifetime silver gelatin prints and color pigment prints that cover a period of strife and turmoil in American History.
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 and The Black Panthers, 1970. By gaining their trust unlike any other photojournalist, Parks’ empathy and charisma enabled him to gain access into his subject’s world. Through Life, Parks documented the stories of those he photographed, personalizing his assignments to tell the broader story of the African American experience. Gordon Parks (1912 - 2006) was the first Black photojournalist to work at Life magazine, from 1948 to 1972. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, February 4, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
The gallery’s second solo exhibition for Parks, February 4 through April 2, 2016, will commemorate his photo essays on the Civil Rights Movement. Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco is pleased to present Gordon Parks: Higher Ground, a solo exhibition of over sixty works by one of the most important photojournalists of the 20th century.
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