Jamel Shabazz photographing the attending “A Great Day in Hip Hop” participants. Photo by Mike Vitelli for BFA.
Fab 5 Freddy, Debbie Harry, and Chris Stein. Photo by Terrence Jennings.
Douglas Durst presenting his award to Honoree Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Photo by Vladimir Weinstein for BFA.
2017 Fellow Devin Allen and 2018 Fellow Derrick Adams with guests. Photo by Sean Lassiter.
Presenters Sarah Lewis and Alex Soros with Honoree Chelsea Clinton. Photo by Sean Zanni for PMC.
Honoree Kehinde Wiley with Black Thought, Swizz Beatz, and Questlove. Photo by Sean Zanni for PMC.
2019 Fellows Guadalupe Rosales and Hank Willis Thomas. Photo by Vladimir Weinstein for BFA.
Honoree Raf Simons. Photo by Sean Zanni for PMC.
Vikki Tobak, author of Contact High: A Visual History of Hip Hop. Photo by Terrence Jennings.
The 2019 Gordon Parks Foundation Scholarship and Prizes recipients. Photo by Terrence Jennings.
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz. Photo by Vladimir Weinstein for BFA.
Dapper Dan, Executive Director Peter W. Kunhardt Jr., and MC for the night, Sarah Jones. Photo by Vladimir Weinstein for BFA.
Kool Keith, Pete Rock, Ced Gee, and Grandmaster Caz. Photo by Sean Zanni for PMC.
Gayle King. Photo by Sean Zanni for PMC.
Sarah Arison and Executive Director Peter W. Kunhardt Jr. with Patron of the Arts Honorees Carol Sutton Lewis and William M. Lewis. Jr.. Photo by Sean Zanni for PMC.
Judy Glickman Lauder and Leonard A. Lauder. Photo by Vladimir Weinstein for BFA.
Sherry Bronfman and Danny Glover. Photo by Vladimir Weinstein for BFA.
Leslie Parks Bailey and Radcliffe Bailey. Photo by Vladimir Weinstein for BFA.
Gordon Parks on location for A Great Day in Hip-Hop, Harlem, New York, 1998
A Great Day in Hip-Hop, Harlem, New York, 1998
The Gordon Parks Foundation 13th Anniversary Awards Dinner and Auction was held on Tuesday, June 4th at Cipriani 42nd Street. We honored Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chelsea Clinton, Raf Simons and Kehinde Wiley. The Patron of the Arts Award went to civic leaders and philanthropists Carol Sutton Lewis and William M. Lewis, Jr. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the iconic photograph A Great Day in Hip-Hop, taken in Harlem by Gordon Parks, Questlove gave remarks. The evening was co-chaired by Kenneth and Kathryn Chenault, Valerie Jarrett, Alicia Keys and Kasseem Dean, Karl Lagerfeld, Judy and Leonard Lauder, Ronald O. Perelman, and Alexander Soros.
