List of works by Gordon Parks

A strong seventy mile gale blowing in from the sea near Gloucester, Massachusetts

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170901)

Alberto Giacometti, Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171011)

Alberto Giacometti, Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171013)

Albia and Isabel, the Favela

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171081)

Alexander Calder's Hand and Mobile

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171021)

Alexander Calder's Hand and Mobile

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171022)

Alexander Liberman

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170942)

American Gothic

photograph by Gordon Parks

Amish Children

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170931)

At the Poverty Board: Bessie and Kenneth, Little Richard, Norman Jr., and Ellen

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171131)

Baptism in Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171028)

Barbra Streisand

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171124)

Battered Man, Harlem, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170906)

Beggar Woman and Child, Estoril, Portugal

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170986)

Benedictine Monastery, Atchison, Kansas

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171037)

Bessie and Little Richard the Morning After She Scalded Her Husband, Harlem

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171132)

Black Classroom, Shady Grove, Alabama

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171046)

Black Graveyard, Alabama

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171048)

Black Muslim Rally, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171101)

Black Muslim Schoolchildren in Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171102)

Blue Girl, Peru

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171076)

Boy at Carnival, Brazil

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171096)

Boy with June Bug

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171103)

Boys Fishing, Shady Grove, Alabama

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171049)

Boys with Raised Baseball Mitts, Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171958)

Boys, Shady Grove, Alabama

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171051)

Bullfight in Madrid

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171125)

Burial Scene, Alabama

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171052)

Captain Bill Lafond, 60 year old fisherman at Gloucester, owns three boats. Gloucester, Massachusetts

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170900)

Child and Doll, North Carolina

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171146)

Child in Mobile, Alabama

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171053)

Child in Window, Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170987)

Children Looking Through Window of Car, Harlem

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170908)

Chimney Pots, Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171119)

Connecticut farmer and his team of horses, West Suffield, Connecticut

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170934)

Countess Maxime de la Falaise in Schiaparelli gown, Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170999)

Crime

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171940)

Crime Suspect with Gun, Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171065)

Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, founder and former president and director of the NYA (National Youth Administration) Negro Relations

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170912)

Death Room, Fort Scott, Kansas

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170955)

Department Store, Mobile, Alabama

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171054)

Dinner Time at Mr. Hercules Brown's Home, Somerville, Maine

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170922)

Dinner Time at Mr. Hercules Brown's Home, Somerville, Maine

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170924)

Don’t Misunderstand

original song written and composed by Gordon Parks

Drug Search, Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171066)

Drug store "cowboys." Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171039)

Drug store "cowboys." Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171040)

Duke Ellington Listening to Playback, Los Angeles

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171078)

E.C. Rudd, Assistant Manager, Negus Gold Mines, Signaling for a Lift, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

photograph by Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006) (2012.357)

Early Morning

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171143)

East Dorset, Vermont, Section of a Barn's Hayloft

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171955)

Elderly Woman, Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170989)

Eldridge Cleaver

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171140)

Ellen's Feet

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171134)

Ellen, Crying

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171133)

Emerging Man, Harlem, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171024)

Ethel Shariff in Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171104)

Evening Prayer, Muslim Father and Son, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171105)

Farm house, Augusta, Maine

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170921)

Fashion

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171083)

Fashion

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171099)

Fashion, Veruschka

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171127)

Ferry boat from Staten Island to Manhattan, carrying early morning commuters, New York City

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170925)

Flavio Amuses Smaller Brothers and Sisters

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171084)

Flavio Feeding Zacarias

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171087)

Flavio and his Father Looking out the Window

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171933)

Flavio da Silva After Asthma Attack, the Favela

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171085)

Flavio da Silva, Rio de Janeiro

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171086)

Flavio da Silva, Rio de Janeiro

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171932)

French Soldiers under Attack

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171014)

Frisco Railway Station, Fort Scott, Kansas

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170956)

Gambling Woman, Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170957)

Gang discussion- Red in sun glasses

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171948)

Gang member in hide out

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170950)

Ghetto Boy, Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171030)

Girl with Baby, Estoril, Portugal

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170990)

Gloria Vanderbilt

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171951)

Gloria Vanderbilt. Hoping to embark upon a stage career, the 30-year-old daughter of the late Reginald Vanderbilt and wife of Conductor Leopold Stokowski is scheduled to act at two theaters in Ferenc Molnar's play, "The Swan"

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171079)

Gloucester Fishing

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170894)

Gloucester fishermen pulling in their nets to bring their catch nearer to the surface so the dip net can transfer them to the big boat. Gloucester, Massachusetts

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171939)

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lopez. They have two boys in the armed forces, six children altogether. He is a fish skinner in the Gorton-Pew fishery

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170914)

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Mrs. Mary Machado, her daughter Mrs. Isabell Lopez, her daughter Irene, an infant great-grandchild Dorothy, Jr. and her mother Dorothy, Sr., and a grandson Francis, the son of Irene

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170915)

Grease Plant Worker, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170926)

Harlem Neighborhood, Harlem, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170947)

Harlem Rally

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171106)

Harlem Rally, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171107)

Harlem Rooftops

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170948)

Harlem Rooftops

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 209604)

Haverstraw, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Christmas Seals, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. Camp buddies

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170907)

Hercules Brown, 20 year Esso dealer, in his general store, Somerville, Maine

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170927)

Heroin User, Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171067)

In mortuary Red and Herbie Levy study wounds on face of Maurice Gaines, a buddy of theirs who was found dying one night on a Harlem sidewalk

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170951)

Indian Herb Store, Harlem, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171025)

Ingrid Bergman at Stromboli, Italy

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170960)

Ingrid Bergman, Stromboli, Italy

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170958)

Isabel

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171088)

Isabel Beside Sick Father

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171090)

James Galanos Fashion

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171091)

James Galanos Fashion

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171092)

Joseph Welch, Boston, Massachusetts

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171034)

Kitchen Door to the Burt Mosher Home

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171954)

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. H.P. Reeser, Pennsylvania highway maintenance crew member, resting along the "Old King's Highway" near Lancaster

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170937)

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. H.P. Reeser, Pennsylvania highway maintenance crew member, resting along the "Old King's Highway" near Lancaster

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170935)

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. On U.S. Highway 30, between Paoli and Coatesville. Stalled truck loaded with furniture and other household goods

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170932)

Lane in Fort Scott, Kansas

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171108)

Langston Hughes, Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170888)

Leadbelly

1976 film by Gordon Parks

Leadbelly

media artwork in the National Gallery of Art

Lee Masters, dairy farmer. Cooperstown, New York.

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170929)

Leon Kirchner, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171042)

Leonard Bernstein, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171036)

Leopard, Brazil

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171097)

Luzia, the Favela

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171093)

Malcolm X Addressing Black Muslim Rally in Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171110)

Man Loading Grain Boat

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170928)

Mario, Crying After Being Bitten by a Dog

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171094)

Market Day, Rue Mouffetard, on the Left Bank, Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171938)

Marva Louis, Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170889)

Mary Garden, Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170993)

Miles Davis

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171145)

Moments Without Proper Names

media artwork in the National Gallery of Art

Morning

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171075)

Mother and Child, Blind River, Ontario

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171043)

Mother and Children, San Juan, Puerto Rico

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170971)

Mother and Children, Shady Grove, Alabama

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171055)

Mother and Son, Puerto Rico

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170961)

Mourners

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171056)

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thornton

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171058)

Mrs. Jefferson, Fort Scott, Kansas

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170963)

Mrs. Mullens, Fort Scott, Kansas

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170964)

Muhammad Ali

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171141)

Muhammad Ali in Training, Miami, Florida

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171130)

Muhammad Ali, London

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171945)

Muslim Rally

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171111)

Muslim Rally

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171942)

Neighbors, Harlem, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170949)

New England Countryside

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170966)

New York Stevedores and Boxcar

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171068)

New York, New York. A Harlem newsboy

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170909)

New York, New York. A Harlem street scene

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170895)

New York, New York. Richard Wright, poet

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170920)

Newsman Being Frisked at Muslim Rally in Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171112)

Nomad holds brick during siege in old house

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170945)

Norman Fontenelle

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171949)

Norman, Jr. Reading in Bed

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171135)

Norway

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171138)

Nude

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171128)

Nude

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171137)

Nude

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171142)

Officers at Saint-Cyr Military Academy, France

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171016)

Otto von Habsburg's Wedding, France

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171017)

Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170992)

Paris Fashions

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170967)

Paris Fashions, Bettina Graziani models Pierre Balmain dress

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171019)

Paris Fashions, Bettina Graziani, Sophie Malgat, Jackie Stoloff, and Janine Klein Modeling Evening Gowns designed by Jacques Fath

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171020)

Paris Fashions: Jackie Stoloff

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170998)

Pastor Ledbetter, Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171031)

Pauline Terry and Her Husband, Detroit

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170969)

Peruvian Peddler

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171080)

Place de la Concorde, Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171001)

Place de la Concorde, Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171936)

Pool Hall, Fort Scott, Kansas

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170970)

Portrait of Duke Ellington

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171943)

Portrait of a Woman, Estoril, Portugal

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171002)

Portrait of a Young Boy, Harlem

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170917)

Portrait of a Young Girl, Harlem

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170918)

Portrait of a Young Girl, Harlem

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170919)

Portugal

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171004)

Portuguese Boys, Estoril, Portugal

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171005)

Prison

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171069)

Racetrack in Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171121)

Raiding Detectives, Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171070)

Rally's End

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171113)

Red (in checkered shirt) has an argument with Sonny Hollis, his "War Counselor," and slugs it out with him to maintain authority

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170944)

Red (in checkered shirt) has an argument with Sonny Hollis, his "War Counselor," and slugs it out with him to maintain authority

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170943)

Red Jackson, Harlem, New York

photograph by Gordon Parks (MET, 59.559.58)

Red looking for rival gang

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171946)

Red's Younger Brother at Home, Harlem, New York

photograph by Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006) (2002.70)

Roman Artist, Giorgio De Chirico

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170972)

Roman Artist, Giorgio De Chirico

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170974)

Roman Sculptor, Peikov

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170975)

Roy Emerson Stryker

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170941)

Samuel Barber, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171045)

Sculpture

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171963)

Shaft

1971 American blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks

Shaft

film series

Shaft's Big Score

1972 film by Gordon Parks

Sheath cocktail dress by Cristobal Balenciaga, Paris, France

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170995)

Sheath cocktail dress by Cristobal Balenciaga, Paris, France

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170996)

Shoes, Fort Scott, Kansas

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170977)

Shopper, Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171007)

Soapbox Orator, Harlem, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171027)

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

1984 television film directed by Gordon Parks

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

media artwork in the National Gallery of Art

Spanish Fashions by Tina Lesser, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171008)

Spectator in Paris

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171122)

Springfield, Massachusetts. Main Street scene

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170940)

Storefront, Alabama

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171059)

Street Scene, Harlem, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170953)

Street Scene, San Francisco

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171959)

Sunup

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 197925)

Table of Snow

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170938)

Teen age cowhands at the Bar U restaurant in Black Diamond, where there are soft drinks, a juke box, and a menu listing everything from hot dogs to sirloin steaks

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170939)

Tenement Dwellers, Chicago, Illinois

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170978)

Tenement House, Ansonia, Connecticut

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170980)

Tenement House, Ansonia, Connecticut

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170981)

The Dove

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171098)

The Learning Tree

1969 semi-autobiographical film by Gordon Parks

The Learning Tree

1964 semi-autobiographical novel by Gordon Parks

The Stranger

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171072)

The Super Cops

1974 film by Gordon Parks

The da Silva Family at Dawn

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171095)

Trapped in abandoned building by a rival gang on street, Red Jackson ponders his next move

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170952)

Two Boys Looking Out a Window on a Rainy Day

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171950)

Two Boys on Railroad Track Outside Mobile, Alabama

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171061)

Uncle James Parks, Fort Scott, Kansas

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170983)

Uncle James Parks, Fort Scott, Kansas

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170984)

Untitled, Harlem, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170946)

Via Zucchelli, Rome, Italy

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171937)

Victim of Shooting in Morgue, Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171071)

Washington (southwest section), D.C. Negro children in the front door of their home

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170898)

Washington (southwest section), D.C. Negro woman in her bedroom

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170899)

Washington (southwest section), D.C. Two Negro boys

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170904)

Washington, D.C. As in Moses' time, members of the St. Martins Spiritual Church remove their shoes during the annual "flower bowl demonstration" because during this service they walk on holy ground

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170893)

Washington, D.C. Government Charwoman (American Gothic)

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170890)

Washington, D.C. Government Charwoman (American Gothic)

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171968)

Washington, D.C. Grandchildren of Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170891)

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman, with three grandchildren and her adopted daugther

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170892)

Washington, D.C. Saturday afternoon, 7th Street and Florida Avenue, N.W.

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170897)

Washington, D.C. Sitting beneath the emblem of the crucifixion of Jesus on Calvary. Two members of the St. Martin's Spiritual Church listen and pray.

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170905)

Washington, D.C., Mrs. Ella Watson, a Government Charwoman

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 204089)

Watermelon

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171962)

Wild Horses, Portugal

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171010)

Wild Horses, Portugal

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171969)

Willie Causey Jr. with Gun During Racial Violence in Alabama, Shady Grove, Alabama

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171064)

Willie Causey and Family, Shady Grove, Alabama

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171062)

Window/Mysticism, Harlem, New York

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 170954)

Windows

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171156)

Woman Dying, Chicago

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171033)

Woman on Soapbox

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171116)

Woman with Fan

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171073)

Youth in Jail, Kansas

photograph in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 171118)

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