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Gordon Parks’s Photographs of Ella Watson Beyond American Gothic

Six photographs from Parks’s 1942 Washington series follow Watson from the flag portrait into her home and neighborhood.

Nov 11, 2026

Ella Watson stands before an American flag holding cleaning tools, photographed by Gordon Parks in 1942.

Culture

Migrant Mother Was Never Just One Photograph

Looking beyond Dorothea Lange’s familiar portrait changes what we can ask of an iconic image, its caption and the archive around it.

Nov 5, 2026

Florence Owens Thompson rests her hand against her face while two children turn toward her shoulders and an infant lies in her lap.