Paul Roth Interview: Exploring Gordon Parks' Powerful Photographic Legacy

Описание: Curator Paul Roth discusses Gordon’s work as a photographer, including his work at Life Magazine and his photo essay Flavio, about a sick boy in Brazil that depicted the social ills of poverty and its lasting impact.

Paul Roth is the director of the Ryerson Image Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Previously, he served as Senior Curator of Photography and Media Arts at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., and as executive director of The Richard Avedon Foundation in New York.

From the HBO / Kunhardt Film Foundation (KFF) Documentary "A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks" that follows Parks' career, from staff photographer for LIFE magazine through his artistic development and evolution as a novelist and filmmaker.

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Paul Roth, Director, Ryerson Image Centre
Interviewed By: John Maggio
Interview Date: December 03, 2019

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