Painting
FACES IN THE CROWD
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Gouache Study of a 1963 photograph By Gordon Parks
Faces in the Crowd
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Created Date: August 20, 1990
In Faces In The Crowd, Emily Cammarata channels the quiet intensity of Gordon Parks’ iconic photography through the expressive immediacy of gouache. Six men stand in solemn unity, their mid-century coats and hats framing faces marked by resolve, weariness, and quiet strength. The grayscale palette strips away distraction, focusing the viewer on emotion, posture, and presence.
Created in 1990, this piece bridges generations—honoring the legacy of Parks’ documentation of Black life and struggle while asserting Cammarata’s own voice as a painter of memory and meaning. The brushwork adds texture to history, transforming a moment captured in film into a meditation on dignity, resistance, and collective identity.
This work invites reflection on the power of bearing witness. In every face, a story. In every crowd, a movement.