In 1956, Life magazine published twenty-six color photographs taken by staff photographer Gordon Parks. The photo essay, titled The Restraints: Open and Hidden. Gordon Parks' Photo Essay On 1950s Segregation Needs To Be Seen Today. In 1948, Parks joined the staff at Life magazine, a predominately white publication. LIFE.com republishes all of the photos from Gordon Parks' landmark 1961 LIFE magazine photo essay , Freedom's Fearful Foe: Poverty, about the slums of Rio de Janeiro. On November 1, 1948, Life magazine published the photo essay “Harlem Gang Leader,” introducing their readers to the photography of Gordon Parks and to his subject. Gordon Parks' 1950s Photo Essay On Civil. photo essay for Life Magazine in 1956. The essay chronicles the. do all my life. “Gordon Parks. “Harlem Gang Leader” introduced Gordon Parks to America. LIFE magazine, which published the photo essay in its Nov. 1, 1948, issue, had every reason to be proud. His photographs for Life magazine, namely his 1956 photo essay. note, while Parks’ photo essay served as decisive. Life and Works of Gordon Parks. Gordon Parks: A Harlem Family, Life Magazine. [Photo: Gordon Parks.]. The Sweet Flypaper of Life. Parks begins the essay with his own introduction to the. Gordon Parks documented as part of a 1968 Life magazine photo essay. A searing portrait of poverty in the United States, the Fontenelle photographs provide a view of. “Segregation Story” includes never-before-published images originally part of a series photographed for a 1956 Life magazine photo-essay assignment, “The.