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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>The extraordinary story of one <i>Life</i> photo-essay by Gordon Parks and its impact</strong></p><p>This book explores a once-popular picture story by Gordon Parks and the extraordinary chain of events it prompted. Published in <i>Life</i> magazine in June 1961 as "Poverty: Freedom's Fearful Foe," this empathetic photo-essay profiled the da Silva family, living in a hillside favela near a wealthy enclave of Rio de Janeiro. Focused primarily on the eldest son Flavio, an industrious 12-year-old suffering from crippling asthma, Parks' story elicited more than 3,000 letters and $25,000 in donations from <i>Life</i> readers to help the family and the favela.</p><p>In Brazil the story sparked controversy; one news magazine, <i>O Cruzeiro</i>, retaliated against <i>Life</i> and sent photographer Henri Ballot to document poverty in New York City. Undeterred, <i>Life</i> embarked on a multi-year "rescue" effort that involved moving Flavio to a Denver hospital, relocating the family to a new home and administering funds to support the favela. The story, as well as Parks' relationship to Flavio, continued to develop over many years. The details of this extraordinary history provide a fascinating example of US exceptionalism during the early 1960s and a revealing look inside the power and cultural force of the "Great American Magazine." </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>No wonder Parks kept returning to Brazil and ultimately assembled his images in a book titled Flávio. His face, body, and disposition in the wonderful photograph, wherein he is at home and both entrapped in a world still dominated by the outsider visions of Rio de Janeiro--at the very top of Parks's photograph we still catch a glimpse of the memorable statue, Christ the Redeemer monument (Cristo Redentor) which suggests the image Rio presents to the world--hiding the reality of many of its citizen's lives.--Douglas Messerli "Hyperallergic"<br>

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