Gordon Parks
Gang leader Leonard Red Jackson, 17, looking anxiously out broken window while he is trapped in Harlem building by a rival gang, 1948 13 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1948
Not exact matches
The cooperative campaign's four characters include the borderline psycho Callum; an ex-cop named
Leonard; Tisha, an ex-combat medic who spent time in the Army; and Mikhail, the former
gang leader who joined the crew to earn a living to support his family.
The series of photographs documenting life among the neighborhood's
gang members materialized through Parks's established trust with seventeen - year - old
Leonard «Red» Jackson, a Harlem native and
leader of one of the community's multiple
gangs.