Gordon Parks : the Flávio story / Paul Roth, Amanda Maddox ; with contributions by Sérgio Burgi, Beatriz Jaguaribe, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., Flávio Pinheiro, Timothy Potts, Maria Alice Rezende de Carvalho, Amanda Smith, and Natalie Spagnol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, photographer.

Contributor:

Instituto Moreira Salles, host institution.

Ryerson Image Centre (Toronto, Ont.), host institution.

J. Paul Getty Museum, host institution.

Standardized Title:

Photographs. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006--Exhibitions.

Parks, Gordon.

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006.

Documentary photography--Exhibitions.

Documentary photography.

Poverty--Brazil--Pictorial works.

Poverty.

Exhibitions.

Brazil.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

301 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Manufacture:

Göttingen, Germany : Steidl.

Other Title:

Flávio story

Place of Publication:

Pleasantville, New York : The Gordon Parks Foundation, 2018.

Summary:

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 twelve-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.0In Brazil the story sparked controversy; one news magazine, 'O Cruzeiro', retaliated against 'Life', sending 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".00Exhibition: Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paolo, Brazil (02.12.2017-28.01.2018) / Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (06.02.-29.04.2018) / Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, Canada (September 2018) / The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA (09.07.-10.11.2019).

Contents:

Plate Section I. 1961

Plate Section II. 1961-1963

Saving Flávio : a photographic essay in context / Paul Roth

Favelas : aesthetics, politics, and memory / Beatriz Jaguaribe and Maria Alice Rezende de Carvalho

Plate Section III. Henri Ballot 1961

O Cruzeiro Versus Life : Gordon Parks in Rio de Janeiro and Henri Ballot in New York / Sérgio Burgi

Plate Section IV. 1970-1977

Plate Section V. 1999

Nothing is changeless : the Flávio story retold / Amanda Maddox

Life : "Freedom's fearful foe : poverty," June 16, 1961

Life : "A great urge to help Flavio," July 7, 1961

Life : "The compassion of Americans brings a new life for Flavio," July 21, 1961

O Cruzeiro : "Novo recorde americano: Miseria," October 7, 1961

O Cruzeiro : "Henri Ballot desmascara reportagem americana," November 18, 1961

Interview with Flávio da Silva, December 10-12, 2016.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at Instituto Moreira Salles, Sao Paulo, December 2, 2017 - January 28, 2018; Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, February 6 - April 29, 2018; Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, September 12 - December 2, 2018; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, July 9 - November 10, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783958293441

3958293441

OCLC:

1031435224

Publisher Number:

9783958293441