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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and film director, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans—and in glamour photography.
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Gordon Parks, one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century, was a humanitarian with a deep commitment to social justice. He left behind an exceptional body of work that documents American life and culture from the early 1940s into the 2000s, with a focus on race relations, poverty, civil rights, and urban life.
Gordon Parks (born November 30, 1912, Fort Scott, Kansas, U.S.—died March 7, 2006, New York, New York) was an American author, photographer, and film director who documented African American life.
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Apr 2, 2014 · (1912-2006) Who Was Gordon Parks? Gordon Parks was a self-taught artist who became the first African American photographer for Life and Vogue magazines. He also pursued movie...
Mar 12, 2001 · Gordon Parks. A versatile and prolific artist, Gordon Parks, Sr., warrants his status as a cultural icon. The poet, novelist, film director, and preeminent documentary and fashion photographer was born on November 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the youngest of fifteen children.
Photographer, Filmmaker, Writer and Musician. Gordon Parks (b. 1912) wrote about his hometown of Fort Scott, Kansas, in his autobiographical novel and subsequent film, The Learning Tree, which was among the 25 films placed on the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1989.
Born Black, created near the end of his tenure at Life, collected nine of his writing assignments for the magazine—some published, others not—focusing on the people and events that catalyzed the civil rights and Black Power movements.
