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Coming Up in Harlem: 1943
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 3:23pm.
Spring 1943. "A Harlem scene." Viewed from the subway entrance. Medium-format negative by Gordon Parks, Office of War Information. View full size.
Socks
Submitted by SteveBell on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 9:54am.
The non-matching, uneven socks tell a tale don't they?
The walk to Madison Square Garden?
Submitted by GlenJay on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 3:46pm.
I was absolutely certain this is a loving parody of W. Eugene Smith's photo "The Walk to Paradise Garden," except that Parks took it four years earlier.
Gordon Parks
Submitted by Mark Dyer on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 3:33pm.
Is my favorite photographer. Beautiful, plus I've never seen this one before.
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