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Today's Black History pic. Huey Newton by legendary African American photographer, Howard Bingham in 1967. This portrait was taken during the Black Panther trial in Oakland, California. Bingham's most noted work was portraits and candids of Muhammad Ali. He served as Ali's personal photographer for a good portion of his career, including his trip to Zaire, Africa to face George Foreman. Bingham was portrayed by Jeffery Wright in the Hollywood film "Ali".
"American Gothic" by Gordon Parks, 1942. Parks took this infamous photo on his first day on the job at the Farm Security Administration in the nation's capital. The woman captured, Ella Watson, was a charwoman for the FSA and raised 3 grandkids and one adopted daughter on a $1,000 per year salary (roughly $15,000 today.) Watson was just as qualified as one white woman whom's office she cleaned but was forced to be a charwoman due to her race. This portrait serves as a parody of Grant Wood's historic oil painting of the same name. Gordon Parks is definitely one of my biggest inspirations.
Today’s Black History pic, Dorothy Counts photographed by Don Sturkey in 1957. Counts was one of first black students admitted to the Harry Harding High School, in Charlotte, North Carolina. After four days of harassment that threatened her safety, her parents forced her to withdraw from the school. This photo would influence writer and scholar James Baldwin to come back to America after leaving for Paris, France in the late 1940s.
I Love Sunsets
Always looking for a new perspective on sunsets. Here is one I captured at Fountainbleu State Park Beach in Mandeville, Louisiana.
