Gordon Parks: "Homeward to the Prairie I Come" Digital Exhibition Catalog |
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| Editor:
| Wang, Aileen |
| Foreword by:
| Westman, Karin
Duke, Linda |
| Author:
| Crosby, Mark
Karlin, Katherine
Leader-Picone, Cameron
Price, Sarah |
| ISBN: | 978-1-944548-43-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2022 |
| Publisher: | New Prairie Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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This open access digital exhibition catalog is part of the Kansas State University (K-State) Gordon Parks Project, initiated by the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art and K-State English. It presents new research about Parks's activities in Kansas based on materials found in participating Kansas institutions, including 128 curated photographs donated by Gordon Parks to K-State. The contributions in this volume illuminate Parks's relationship to his home state of Kansas as a source of...
More DescriptionThis open access digital exhibition catalog is part of the Kansas State University (K-State) Gordon Parks Project, initiated by the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art and K-State English. It presents new research about Parks's activities in Kansas based on materials found in participating Kansas institutions, including 128 curated photographs donated by Gordon Parks to K-State. The contributions in this volume illuminate Parks's relationship to his home state of Kansas as a source of reference and inspiration. They debunk the myth that Kansas was merely the place where Gordon Parks was born before moving on to greatness elsewhere.