MINOR AT HEART
Gordon Parks's photography of a "Harlem Gang Leader"
In marking a forthcoming remake of Shaft, Maurice Berger at the New York Times reports that Gordon Parks hoped to "challenge how mainstream media portrayed African-Americans and crime.”
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Dominic Umile lives, writes, and drinks in Brooklyn, NY. His criticism and features have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Reader, Hyperallergic, and more. Send him an email.