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.”
A significant force in modern Canadian graphic design
Via Present & Correct, I was glad to find these gorgeous early 1960s-era science textbooks designed by Rolf Harder.
The new adult comics revolution
The graphically elaborate 1960s comics by Italian artist Guido Crepax meld hazy dream sequences and historical fact.
Vibrant as a rainbow
At The Los Angeles Times, Lyra Kilston wrote about midcentury Southern California designer Gere Kavanaugh.
About
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.