Alicia Keys honored at the Gordon Parks Foundation annual gala in New York

(22 May 2024)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York - 21 May 2024
1. Various of Patti Smith
2. Various of Peter W. Kunhardt Jr., Daphne Maxwell Reid and Tim Reid
3. Various of Gayle King
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Read, actor:
“He presented a community of people who I knew. I had not seen people who look like the people in community, back in the day, segregated community of colored town. But they were there, and he found them. He brought them out. So anytime I looked in the picture, I always felt comfort. I knew these people. They were called a different name in certain communities, but they were my uncles, my aunts. They were the people who owned the corner store. And they never got recognition other than when he took over and started producing and creating incredible pictures. I look back at them now and I'm going, ‘Man, that's my people.’ Yeah.”
5. Various of Gayle King
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Gayle King, TV Host:
“All you have to do is look at his photographs. They speak volumes. The way he captured life at that time and what it still means today. You know, they always say a picture is worth a thousand words, but with Gordon Parks, the sky's the limit. And what he did for us, and the work that he left behind. So, it's always good to celebrate him. Always.”
7. Various of Usher, Jennifer Goicoechea Raymond and Gayle King near press pit
8. Various of Usher and Jennifer Goicoechea Raymond posing
9. Various of Usher
10. Various of Usher and Gayle King posing
11. Various of Ben Stiller
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Stiller, actor/producer:
“I mean, he's such an inspiring artist, such an incredibly talented artist, and what he stood for and what this night is about in terms of the melding of art and activism. So, for me, he’s someone to look up to and, you know, and the work that he's left behind, it's just so incredibly impactful on so many artists over the last couple of generations.”
13. Various of Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz arriving
14. Medium of Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz posing in front of Gordon Parks’ photographs
15. Various of Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz posing
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, recording artists:
“Oh, God, it’s just natural. I mean, since the minute we met, it was like - there's a way that each of us have our own way of creating. And we both constantly just by being, inspire each other. I love this man. I love all of his brilliance. And it's beautiful to have that kind of reciprocity.”
17. Various of Colin Kaepernick


STORYLINE:
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz were honored by the Gordon Parks Foundation at a gala in New York, Tuesday.

Before going inside the awards ceremony, Keys described how she and Beatz, who wed in 2010, have influenced each other over their 14-year marriage.

“Since the minute we met, it was like - there's a way that each of us have our own way of creating. And we both constantly just by being, inspire each other. I love this man. I love all of his brilliance. And it's beautiful to have that kind of reciprocity,” Keys said.

Besides Beatz - born Kaseem Dean - and Keys, other honorees included Colin Kaepernick, the late Richard Roundtree, and Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of civil rights activist Medgar Evers.

Celebrity guests and presenters included Usher, Gayle King, Tim Reid, and Ben Stiller.

The Gordon Parks Foundation Award recognizes individuals with a deep appreciation of the arts, and its impact to inspire the next generation.


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