{"id":1822600,"date":"2026-03-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1822600"},"modified":"2026-03-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:00:00","slug":"the-language-we-share-traces-a-photographic-lineage-between-gordon-parks-and-beverly-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1822600","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Language We Share\u2019 Traces a Photographic Lineage Between Gordon Parks and Beverly Price"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1824\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/price-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a black and white photo of children playing in a fire hydrant by beverly price\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beverly Price, Water Boys. All images courtesy of the Center for Art and Advocacy, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">\u2018The Language We Share\u2019 Traces a Photographic Lineage Between Gordon Parks and Beverly Price<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-12T10:52:00-05:00\">March 12, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-history\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/history\/\" rel=\"tag\">History<\/a><a class=\"category-photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/photography\/\" rel=\"tag\">Photography<\/a><a class=\"category-social-issues\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/social-issues\/\" rel=\"tag\">Social Issues<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/gebert\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Grace Ebert<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2026%2F03%2Fbeverly-price-gordon-parks-advocacy-photos%2F&amp;title=%26%238216%3BThe%20Language%20We%20Share%27%20Traces%20a%20Photographic%20Lineage%20Between%20Gordon%20Parks%20and%20Beverly%20Price\" aria-label=\"Share\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tShare\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-mail has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#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\" aria-label=\"Email\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEmail\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"471041\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the practices of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beverlypricephoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beverly Price<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gordonparksfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gordon Parks<\/a>, photography operates on a continuum. Images, for them, are both dynamic and archival, documenting a singular moment that continues to communicate with the viewer long after that time has passed. <em>The Language We Share<\/em>, opening this month at the <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforartandadvocacy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Art and Advocacy<\/a>, probes these expansive and evolving interpretations of the practice by putting Price and Parks in direct conversation.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most lauded photographers of his time, Parks (1912-2006) embedded himself in American life from the 1940s onward, creating distinctive images for magazines like <em>Ebony<\/em> and <em>Glamour<\/em> and embarking on projects rooted in civil rights and social justice. He considered his work not only a way to capture the realities of what was happening in homes, offices, and the streets from New York to Washington D.C. to Chicago but also an urgent means of advocacy. \u201cI saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gordonparksfoundation.org\/gordon-parks\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cI knew at that point I had to have a camera.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/parks-1.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-471041\" title=\"Gordon Parks, Anacostia, D.C. Frederick Douglass Housing Project: A Dance Group, 1942. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\" data-rl_title=\"Gordon Parks, Anacostia, D.C. Frederick Douglass Housing Project: A Dance Group, 1942. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\" data-rl_caption=\"Gordon Parks, Anacostia, D.C. Frederick Douglass Housing Project: A Dance Group, 1942. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/parks-1.jpg\" alt=\"a black and white photo of young ballerinas by gordon parks\" class=\"wp-image-471082\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gordon Parks, Anacostia, D.C. Frederick Douglass Housing Project: A Dance Group, 1942. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Parks died in 2006, Price was just being released from 20 years of incarceration and wouldn\u2019t pick up a camera for another decade. But when she did, she entered into a dialogue with the late photographer. Price, who was a 2023 fellow at the center, similarly considers her practice advocacy for those who might not otherwise be heard, particularly focusing on prevention and the children most affected by the same issues Parks had grappled with.<\/p>\n<p>As Price began to create images around her Washington D.C. neighborhood of Southeast Anacostia, a geographical overlap developed between the two photographers. In <em>The Language We Share<\/em>, we witness the affinities between Price and Parks in a presentation that explores how these particular social and cultural landscapes have evolved and the people most affected by their realities.<\/p>\n<p>One throughline is that both photographers frequently focus on children. In an Anacostia housing project, Parks captures an adorable troupe of young dancers and their synchronized movements. Price, too, homes in on a moment of joy and reverie in an image of two drenched boys enjoying an open fire hydrant on a presumably scorching day. Childhood, in their works, is both sacred and vulnerable, and compounding forces like police violence, poverty, and discrimination threaten its sanctity.<\/p>\n<p>The wide-reaching impacts of the carceral system also permeate throughout the exhibition. In an image from 1963 Harlem, Parks captures a young boy casually leaning up against a temporary barricade, while another photo from that time documents a protest against the police state. There\u2019s also his striking look into a Chicago jail in which a man rests his hand through the steel bars, his shadow framed by the cage on the wall nearby.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/parks-6.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-471041\" title=\"Gordon Parks, The Fontenelles at the Poverty Board, Harlem, New York, 1967. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\" data-rl_title=\"Gordon Parks, The Fontenelles at the Poverty Board, Harlem, New York, 1967. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\" data-rl_caption=\"Gordon Parks, The Fontenelles at the Poverty Board, Harlem, New York, 1967. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/parks-6.jpg\" alt=\"a black and white photo by gordon parks of a family seated at a desk with photos on a wall behind them. another man has his back to the camera\" class=\"wp-image-471087\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gordon Parks, The Fontenelles at the Poverty Board, Harlem, New York, 1967. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Price, too, nods to policing with a tightly cropped photo of someone showing off an Air Jordan, an electronic monitor fastened just above the sneaker. \u201cPhotography, for me, is a powerful tool for social justice\u2014a means to document truth, challenge perceptions, and advocate for change,\u201d Price says in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beverlypricephoto.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her artist statement<\/a>. \u201cIt is my hope that through my work, viewers will gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of the black experience and join in the collective effort to create a more just and equitable world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Language We Share<\/em> runs from March 20 to June 19 in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/price-1.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-471041\" title=\"Beverly Price, Boy on Bike\" data-rl_title=\"Beverly Price, Boy on Bike\" data-rl_caption=\"Beverly Price, Boy on Bike\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1845\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/price-1.jpg\" alt=\"a photo of a shirtless child popping the front tire up on a bike by beverly price\" class=\"wp-image-471079\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beverly Price, Boy on Bike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/parks-2.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-471041\" title=\"Gordon Parks, Untitled, Harlem, New York, 1963. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\" data-rl_title=\"Gordon Parks, Untitled, Harlem, New York, 1963. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\" data-rl_caption=\"Gordon Parks, Untitled, Harlem, New York, 1963. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/parks-2.jpg\" alt=\"a photo of a child leaning on a do not cross police barrier by gordon parks\" class=\"wp-image-471083\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gordon Parks, Untitled, Harlem, New York, 1963. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/parks-5.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-471041\" title=\"Gordon Parks, Black Panther Headquarters, San Francisco, California, 1970. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\" data-rl_title=\"Gordon Parks, Black Panther Headquarters, San Francisco, California, 1970. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\" data-rl_caption=\"Gordon Parks, Black Panther Headquarters, San Francisco, California, 1970. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/parks-5.jpg\" alt=\"a black and white photo of black men gathered around a table by Gordon Parks\" class=\"wp-image-471086\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gordon Parks, Black Panther Headquarters, San Francisco, California, 1970. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/price5.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-471041\" title=\"Beverly Price, Nuwaubian Nation\" data-rl_title=\"Beverly Price, Nuwaubian Nation\" data-rl_caption=\"Beverly Price, Nuwaubian Nation\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1770\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/price5.jpg\" alt=\"a photo by Beverly price of a musicians\" class=\"wp-image-471141\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beverly Price, Nuwaubian Nation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/parks-3.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-471041\" title=\"Gordon Parks, Untitled, New York, 1963. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\" data-rl_title=\"Gordon Parks, Untitled, New York, 1963. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\" data-rl_caption=\"Gordon Parks, Untitled, New York, 1963. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/parks-3.jpg\" alt='a black and white photo of a man carrying a sign that says \"we are living in a police state\" by gordon parks' class=\"wp-image-471084\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gordon Parks, Untitled, New York, 1963. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/price-7.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-471041\" title=\"Beverly Price, Air 2\" data-rl_title=\"Beverly Price, Air 2\" data-rl_caption=\"Beverly Price, Air 2\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1257\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/price-7.jpg\" alt=\"a photo by Beverly Price of an ankle monitor\" class=\"wp-image-471140\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beverly Price, Air 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/price-2.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-471041\" title=\"Beverly Price, Stop N Go\" data-rl_title=\"Beverly Price, Stop N Go\" data-rl_caption=\"Beverly Price, Stop N Go\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1755\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/price-2.jpg\" alt=\"a photo of children racing on the sidewalk by beverly price\" class=\"wp-image-471080\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beverly Price, Stop N Go<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/price6.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-471041\" title=\"Beverly Price, Long Live Baby K\" data-rl_title=\"Beverly Price, Long Live Baby K\" data-rl_caption=\"Beverly Price, Long Live Baby K\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1779\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/price6.jpg\" alt=\"a black and white photo by Beverly Price of two boys leaning on a chain link fence, one has a shirt remembering a child who died\" class=\"wp-image-471142\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beverly Price, Long Live Baby K<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/parks-4.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-471041\" title=\"Gordon Parks. Untitled, Chicago, Illinois, 1957. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\" data-rl_title=\"Gordon Parks. Untitled, Chicago, Illinois, 1957. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\" data-rl_caption=\"Gordon Parks. Untitled, Chicago, Illinois, 1957. Image courtesy of and \u00a9 The Gordon Parks Foundation\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1349\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/parks-4.jpg\" alt=\"a photo by gordon parks of a black hand holding a cigarette resting through a cell door withe shadow on the wall nearby\" class=\"wp-image-471085\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gordon Parks. Untitled, Chicago, Illinois, 1957. 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