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Focusing on the formative first decade of the self-taught photographer’s 60-year career, bringing together 150 photographs alongside magazines, books, letters, and family pictures.
During the 1940s, American photographer Gordon Parks (1912–2006) grew from a self-taught photographer making portraits and documenting everyday life in Saint Paul and Chicago to a visionary professional shooting for Ebony, Glamour, Smart Woman, and Life. For the first time, the formative first decade of Parks’s 60-year career is the focus of an exhibition, which brings together 150 photographs and ephemera—including magazines, books, letters, and family pictures. The exhibition ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
Free Admission
Phone: 978-749-4015
Email: addison@andover.edu
Website: https://addison.andover.edu/Exhibitions/GordonParks/Pages/default.aspx
Additional time info:
GALLERY HOURSTuesday–Saturday 10–5, Sunday 1–5; open 10–9 on Wednesdays while Phillips Academy is in session.Closed Mondays, national holidays, December 24, and the month of August.The museum is wheelchair accessible. The Addison is open to the public and free of charge. Addison Gallery of American Art | Phillips Academy3 Chapel Avenue, Andover, MA 01810978.749.4015addison@andover.eduwww.addisongallery.org
LOCATION
3 Chapel Avenue, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 01810
PARKING INFO
Parking is available on Chapel Avenue, and in the parking lot between Cochran Chapel and the Andover Inn (across the street from the Addison on Chapel Avenue). Nearby on-street parking is available on Bartlet Street. A second parking lot is available behind Graves Hall, across Main Street (accessible via School Street).
