"Gordon Parks’s portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thornton Sr., an older
black couple in their Mobile, Ala., home in 1956, appears to have little
in common with the images we have come to associate with civil rights
photography.
"It is in color, unlike most photographs of the movement. Its subject
matter was neither newsworthy nor historic, unlike more widely published
journalistic images of the racial murders, police brutality,
demonstrations and boycotts that characterized the epic battle for
racial justice and equality.
"Yet, as effectively as any civil rights photograph, the portrait was a
forceful “weapon of choice,” as Mr. Parks would say, in the struggle
against racism and segregation."
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/a-different-approach-to-civil-rights-images/
These images are stunningly beautiful and very moving.
Peace,
Katherine
