The two images I chose for Project 2 that inspired me were by Susan Adamson and Joel Meyerowitz. I think both of them invoke a feeling in me that I have felt before. Living in New York and experiencing the seasons. Particularly something I find warm about Joel Meyerowitz image is the closeness of the people, something that the current pandemic took away from us. The ability to be close to strangers and not think twice especially in crowded New York City parks. Susan Abramsons work makes me think of the first snow of the winter, and how much I always anticipate it.
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Gordon Parks was a pioneer for photojournalists everywhere. His raw, unique eye for moments all told a story within an image. Born in segregated Fort Scott, KS youngest of 15 children, Parks was a self-taught master of Photography. During his long career, he managed to capture the images of people from musicians like Duke Ellington and Busta Rhymes, writer Richard Wright, brother Malcolm X, and many others. Capturing story after story while also appealing to the visual eye. He broke boundaries by being a prominent photographer in an America that was not very tolerant of people of color. He worked for the Farmer Security Association, Life Magazine, and Vogue, being featured as the first black photographer in both publications, and Ebony Magazine. He often photographed themes of poverty, racism in the civil rights era, and even did fashion photography. Ove