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Gordon Parks: Diary of a Harlem Family, 1967/1968

Gordon Parks: Diary of a Harlem Family, 1967/1968

Parks, Gordon
Kunhardt Jr, Peter W.
Gillespie, Michael Boyce

Hardcover

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Publisher Price: $75.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 3, 2026

ISBN10: 3969995442
ISBN13: 9783969995440
Publisher: Steidl
Published: Nov 3 2026
Pages: 272
Language: English

The expanded study of one of Parks' most enduring series--an unflinching view of poverty, racism, wealth inequality and exploitation all too familiar to 21st-century citizens

Published with The Gordon Parks Foundation.

On March 8, 1968, Life published A Harlem Family by Gordon Parks, a searing portrait of poverty in the United States, told through the story of a single family living in Harlem: the Fontenelles. Since its publication in book form in 2012, additional images belonging to the series have been discovered, and research conducted on the accompanying film, Diary of a Harlem Family (1968). This revised and expanded volume tells the story of Parks' project through this updated lens, accompanied by previously unpublished texts and ephemera: correspondence between Parks and the Fontenelles, letters from Life readers showing an outpouring of support for the family, and the transcript of a conversation between Parks and Michael Torosian about the making of the story. Essays by Studio Museum director and chief curator Thelma Golden, author Cord Jefferson and scholars Leigh Raiford and Michael Boyce Gillespie offer enlightening commentary on this seminal body of work.

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