Gordon Parks, Untitled (37.127), 1956 - Courtesy of the artist and Jackson Fine Art.
Gordon Parks, Untitled (37.127), 1956 - Courtesy of the artist and Jackson Fine Art. 
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The South in Color

02/04/2026 - 13/06/2026

Jackson Fine Art 
3122 East Shadowlawn Ave NE Atlanta, GA 30305 in 
 
3122 East Shadowlawn Atlanta

www.jacksonfineart.com   

 
Jackson Fine Art is delighted to announce our spring exhibition Gordon Parks: The South in Color organized in partnership with The Gordon Parks Foundation. The exhibition is timed to commemorate two important milestones - the 70th anniversary of the landmark publication of Parks' images of the segregated South in Life magazine and the 20th anniversary of the founding of The Gordon Parks Foundation. The South in Color will present more than thirty photographs from the artist's Segregation Story series and debut a brand-new portfolio published by the Foundation. The exhibition brings together many of Parks' images not previously shown in the gallery, alongside some of his most recognized such as At Segregated Drinking Fountain, Mobile, Alabama, to offer a fresh look at the series, and deepen its emotional and historical resonance.

The South in Color is curated by acclaimed American photographer Dawoud Bey, and presented in alliance with the Foundation's yearlong celebration of Parks and his impact on the current generation of Black artists and writers. Our exhibition brings to life Bey's 2022 essay from the expanded edition of Gordon Parks: Segregation Story (2022), in which he writes about the visual poetry of Parks' photographs taken in and around Mobile, Alabama in Summer 1956 for Life magazine. Dawoud Bey is a groundbreaking artist and MacArthur Fellow who examines the Black past and present.