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Steidl Gordon Parks: Pastor E. F. Ledbetter and The Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, 1953

Name: Gordon Parks: Pastor E. F. Ledbetter and The Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church, 1953
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In 1953, Gordon Parks returned to Chicago on assignment for Life magazine to photograph the Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church for a series on American religious life. After the success of his recent work for Life, Parks approached the Near West Side church with a decisive eye toward composing compelling images that conveyed simultaneously the universal humanity and local specificity of the religious community. This would be the first assignment for which he was both writer as well as photographer. His photographs and essay were never published by Life, yet as this book demonstrates, Parks’ visual and textual representation of Black religious life powerfully documents the dynamism of a community shaped by the Great Migration and Chicago’s industrial landscape. Parks embarked on a significant chapter of his aesthetic and conceptual development through his engagement with the pastor, the Reverend Ernest F. Ledbetter, Sr., and the members of his church. This publication features more than 65 previously unpublished photographs and contact sheets, complemented by Parks’ unseen manuscript and ephemeral material from the private collection of the Ledbetter family. A range of scholarly essays provides further insight and contextual analysis in art history, cultural geography, Black religious studies, and creative writing. Co-published with The Gordon Parks Foundation and Howard University, Washington DC

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Brand: Steidl
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 396999473X
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Photojournalism & Essays > Photojournalism
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 24 July 2025
Listed Since: 23 April 2025

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