Gordon Parks (1912-2006)

Gordon Parks (1912-2006)
ISABEL BESIDE SICK FATHER, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, 1961.Vintage silver gelatin print, image size 23.2 x 34cm, sheet size 28 x 35.5cm, signed, numbered, and annotated by the photographer in pencil verso, titled "Flavio's father + sister / father ill" in an unknown hand in pencil, with Parks' LIFE Photo stamp credit verso.

First published in LIFE Magazine in 1961, this image opened Parks' seminal 1961 photo story detailing the life of Flavio da Silva. "In the shadowy slum world into which she was born in Rio de Janeiro, 3-year-old Isabel da Silva cries to herself after vainly seeking comfort from her exhausted father, José." - Freedom's Fearful Foe; Poverty, Life Magazine, published June 16, 1961.