Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks Gordon Parks was a self-taught photographer, filmmaker, writer, and composer. He is best known for portraying the African American experience in powerful, poetic photographs. Parks worked for the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War...

Luis Gonzalez Palma

LUIS GONZALES PALMA   The first thing that strikes viewers of Luis González Palma’s hand-painted gelatin silver prints is the bright white of his subjects’ eyes. He photographs his subjects in sepia tint, carefully leaving behind white details, like the eyes, to...

Jane Reece

JANE REECE   Jane Reece was born in West Jefferson, Ohio in 1869 where she developed an interest in the arts from an early age. Despite her mother’s discouragement, Reece secretly worked odd jobs to pay for lessons in piano and drawing. When Reece became ill with...