https://ift.tt/2wwdHAe Gordon Parks on Poverty, the ‘Most Savage of Human Afflictions’ Poverty, Photography, Economic Conditions and Trends, United States Economy Mr. Parks realized the power of empathy to help people understand poverty. In this 1961 photo essay, he took readers inside the lives of a Brazilian boy, Flavio da Silva, and his family, who lived in a favela in the hills outside Rio de Janeiro. MAURICE BERGER https://ift.tt/2Mg3hHF September 10, 2018 at 05:30AM