Bridging the Gap: Photography by Gordon Parks and Toni Parks

The College of New Rochelle will feature the College's collection of Gordon Parks and Toni Parks prints in the Castle Gallery on the Main Campus in New Rochelle from December 7, 2010, to February 20, 2011.

Not only a photographer, Gordon Parks was an activist, writer and filmmaker, as well as one of the first African Americans to work for Life magazine and create a Hollywood film; he also co-founded Essence magazine. Toni Parks is an active photographer living in the U.K. and member of Kamoinge, a New York based group of African-American photographers established in 1963. Featuring photographs from The College of New Rochelle's own collection, this show will touch on issues that both Gordon and Toni Parks address in their black and white and color prints, which collectively span nearly 50 years.