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Spring 1943. "A Harlem scene." Viewed from the subway entrance. Medium-format negative by Gordon Parks, Office of War Information. View full size.
The non-matching, uneven socks tell a tale don't they?
I was absolutely certain this is a loving parody of W. Eugene Smith's photo "The Walk to Paradise Garden," except that Parks took it four years earlier.
Is my favorite photographer. Beautiful, plus I've never seen this one before.
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