Parks x Ali / co-edited by April M. Watson and Paul Roth ; with texts by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Gerald Early, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., April M. Watson, and Julián Zugazagoitia.

"In 1966, Life magazine assigned famed photographer Gordon Parks to cover Muhammad Ali, the brash young boxing champion. Four years later in 1970, the two came together again for a second Life feature story. These encounters framed a critical passage in the career of the controversial heavyweight, w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Watson, April M. (Author, Editor)
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- (Author)
Early, Gerald Lyn (Author)
Corporate Authors: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Issuing body, Publisher, Organizer, Host institution)
Gordon Parks Foundation (Publisher)
Steidl Verlag (Publisher, Printer)
Other Authors: Roth, Paul, 1966- (Editor)
Kunhardt, Peter W., Jr., 1982- (Contributor)
Zugazagoitia, Julián (Contributor)
Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006 (Artist, Photographer)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Text in English.
Published: Kansas City, Missouri : Pleasantville, New York : Göttingen, Germany : The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art ; The Gordon Parks Foundation ; Steidl, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Parks, Gordon, > 1912-2006 > Exhibitions.
Parks, Gordon, > 1912-2006 > Criticism and interpretation.
Parks, Gordon, > 1912-2006 > Themes, motives.
Ali, Muhammad, > 1942-2016 > Portraits > Exhibitions.
Parks, Gordon, > 1912-2006 > Friends and associates.
Ali, Muhammad, > 1942-2016 > Friends and associates.
Documentary photography > United States > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Photography of sports > United States > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic > 20th century > Exhibitions.
African Americans in art > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Athletes in art > 20th century > Exhibitions.
African American photographers > Kansas > Fort Scott > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Boxers (Sports) > United States > 20th century > Pictorial works > Exhibitions.
Ali, Muhammad, > 1942-2016.
Parks, Gordon, > 1912-2006.
Themes, motives.
Photography of sports.
Photography, Artistic.
Documentary photography.
Boxers (Sports)
Athletes in art.
African Americans in art.
African American photographers.
Friendship.
United States.
Kansas > Fort Scott.
1900-1999
Photobooks.
Illustrated works.
Exhibition, pictorial works.
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Portraits.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Portraits
Pictorial works
Photobooks.
Illustrated works.
Exhibition, pictorial works.
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Portraits.
Physical Description:213 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles ; 30 x 26 cm
Variant Title:
Gordon Parks x Muhammad Ali [Spine title]
Muhammad Ali
Format: Book

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