Parks is one of the most influential figures in 20th-century American Art. A self-taught photographer born in Kansas, Parks became an apprentice to Roy Stryker in the early 1940s and joined his group of Farm Securities Administration photographers alongside Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and others. During WWII, Parks worked as an official war photographer, and then moved on to a long stint at LIFE magazine, becoming a sought-after fashion and portait artist. He also continued making images of civil right figures and protests. This photograph was taken at a protest involving police violence and serves as an example of this body of work.

Source: DMAC NEWS Sep Oct Nov Dec 2021