You know there are many ways to fight against something, whether it’s indirectly or directly. If a change was a result of those efforts, then clearly you’re doing something right. Gordon Park had his method of fighting, and that was through his lens. I believe he brings up the definition of the saying “a picture paints a thousand words.”
To be someone who picked up his first camera at 25 to attack issues including racism, poverty, urban life, and injustice. He became the first African American staff photographer at Life magazine. During this time he was still fighting his own personal battle along with battles other people faced.
I would the photos that really spoke to me were the portraits of the individuals in their everyday lives. I liked the invisible man, Harlem Gang leader and the famous Muhammad Ali. I felt that he captured them in their natural state in such intense moments.
