Synopsis
The extraordinary story of one Life photo-essay by Gordon Parks and its impact
This book explores a once-popular picture story by Gordon Parks and the extraordinary chain of events it prompted. Published in Life magazine in June 1961 as “Poverty: Freedom’s Fearful Foe,” this empathetic photo-essay profiled the da Silva family, living in a hillside favela near a wealthy enclave of Rio de Janeiro. Focused primarily on the eldest son Flavio, an industrious 12-year-old suffering from crippling asthma, Parks’ story elicited more than 3,000 letters and $25,000 in donations from Life readers to help the family and the favela.
In Brazil the story sparked controversy; one news magazine, O Cruzeiro, retaliated against Life and sent photographer Henri Ballot to document poverty in New York City. Undeterred, Life embarked on a multi-year “rescue” effort that involved moving Flavio to a Denver hospital, relocating the family to a new home and administering funds to support the favela. The story, as well as Parks’ relationship to Flavio, continued to develop over many years. The details of this extraordinary history provide a fascinating example of US exceptionalism during the early 1960s and a revealing look inside the power and cultural force of the “Great American Magazine.”
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No wonder Parks kept returning to Brazil and ultimately assembled his images in a book titled Flávio. His face, body, and disposition in the wonderful photograph, wherein he is at home and both entrapped in a world still dominated by the outsider visions of Rio de Janeiro―at the very top of Parks’s photograph we still catch a glimpse of the memorable statue, Christ the Redeemer monument (Cristo Redentor) which suggests the image Rio presents to the world―hiding the reality of many of its citizen’s lives. (Douglas Messerli Hyperallergic)
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Gordon Parks: The Flavio Story
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ISBN 10: 3958293441
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Gordon Parks: The Flavio Story
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ISBN 10: 3958293441
ISBN 13: 9783958293441
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Gordon Parks: The Flavio Story
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. First Edition (Stated)/ First Printing (no other printings noted). Book is clean, unmarked, tight and square. Jacket is fully intact, bright and clean with no markings or tears. A solid, likely unread copy over all. Seller Inventory # 002391
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The Flàvio Story
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Gottingen - Pleasantville - New York, Steidl - The Gordon Parks Foundation,, Gottingen - Pleasantville - New York, 2018
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hardcover. Condition: As New. Prima edizione (First Edition). Testi di Paul Roth, Amanda Maddox, Sergio Burgi, Beatriz Jaguaribe,Flavio Pinhero, Timothy Potts et al. 200 fotografie in bianco e nero di Gordon Parks . Cm 29x25. pp. 304. . Perfetto (Mint). . Prima edizione (First Edition). . Questo libro esplora una storia illustrata di Gordon Parks e la straordinaria catena di eventi che provocò. Pubblicata sulla rivista Life nel giugno 1961 con il titolo "Poverty: Freedom's Fearful Foe", questo empatico saggio fotografico tracciava il profilo della famiglia da Silva, che viveva in una favela in collina vicino a una ricca enclave di Rio de Janeiro. Concentrandosi principalmente sul figlio maggiore Flavio, un laborioso dodicenne che soffriva di asma paralizzante, la storia di Parks procurò più di 3.000 lettere e 25.000 dollari di donazioni da parte dei lettori di Life per aiutare la famiglia e la favela. In Brasile la storia scatenò una polemica; un giornale, O Cruzeiro, si vendicò di Life, inviando il fotografo Henri Ballot a documentare la povertà a New York. Imperterrita, Life intraprese un'opera di "salvataggio" che prevedeva il trasferimento di Flavio in un ospedale di Denver, il trasferimento della famiglia in una nuova casa e la gestione di fondi a sostegno della favela. La storia, così come il rapporto di Parks con Flavio, continuò a svilupparsi per molti anni. I dettagli di questa storia straordinaria forniscono un esempio affascinante dell'eccezionalismo degli Stati Uniti all'inizio degli anni Sessanta e uno sguardo rivelatore sul potere e la forza culturale del "Great American Magazine". Book. Seller Inventory # bc_228932
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