New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Roy Stryker

Artist Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006)

Date1946

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Frame: 33 × 26 in. (83.8 × 66 cm)
Overall, Image: 26 1/8 × 19 1/2 in. (66.4 × 49.5 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number85.68

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Man
African-American Artist

On View

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print photograph from a copy negative. Signed by Gordan Parks.

Label TextGordon Parks American, 1912–2006 Roy Stryker, 1946 Gelatin silver print As a leader for social justice, Gordon Parks trained his camera on the subjects of the civil rights movement, poverty, and daily life. Here he depicts Roy Stryker, a fellow photographer and head of the information division of the Farm Security Administration, which hired photographers to document the difficult conditions of farmers during the Great Depression. Parks worked for a time under Stryker. In this portrait, with Parks behind the camera, perhaps the power dynamics have shifted, as Stryker is no longer supervisor but subject. Museum purchase 85.68