The atmosphere of crime, 1957

The Resource The atmosphere of crime, 1957
Label
The atmosphere of crime, 1957
Statement of responsibility
Gordon Parks ; Sarah Hermanson Meister, [editor] ; with essays by Nicole R. Fleetwood, Bryan Stevenson ; Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., series editor
Title variation
Gordon Parks
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the atmosphere of crime, 1957
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Photographer
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Language
eng
Summary
"When Life magazine asked Gordon Parks to illustrate a recurring series of articles on crime in the United States in 1957, he had already been a staff photographer for nearly a decade ... [He] embarked on a six-week journey that took him and a reporter to the streets of New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Unlike much of his prior work, the images made were in color ... Parks rejected clichés of delinquency, drug use, and corruption, opting for a more nuanced view that reflected the social and economic factors tied to criminal behavior and a rare window into the working lives of those charged with preventing and prosecuting it. Transcending the romanticism of the gangster film, the suspense of the crime caper, and the racially biased depictions of criminality then prevalent in American popular culture, Parks coaxed his camera to do what it does best: record reality so vividly and compellingly that it would allow Life's readers to see the complexity of these chronically oversimplified situations"--Dust jacket flap
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Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
CGP
Dewey number
779.092
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
Index
no index present
LC call number
TR140.P35
LC item number
A3 2020
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • catalogs
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