Gordon Parks: The Flavio Story

by Beatriz Jaguaribe, Amanda Maddox, Paul Roth, et al.

The extraordinary story of one Life photo-essay by Gordon Parks and its impact This book explores a once-popular picture story by Gordon Parks and the extraordinary chain of events it prompted. Published in Life magazine in June 1961 as "Poverty: Freedom's Fearful Foe," this empathetic photo-essay profiled the da Silva family, living in a hillside favela near a wealthy enclave of Rio de Janeiro. Focused primarily on the eldest son Flavio, an industrious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3958293441
• ISBN13: 9783958293441
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Steidl
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 4.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 10.2" x 11.6"