24.02.10

Gordon Parks Snapshot Profile

Name: Gordon Parks

Born: 1912 Kansas

Areas of Expertises: Photojournalism, fashion, portrait


The facts:

Gordon Parks was the first African American to work for Life magazine. He established himself as a world-renowned photographer chronicling the civil rights movement over two decades. His work for Vogue magazine established him as a master of fashion photography. In 1988 he was awarded the National medal of arts and received over fifty honorary doctorates through out his career.

Books:
Flash Photography (1947)
Camera Portraits: Techniques and Principles of Documentary Portraiture (1948)
The Learning Tree (1964)
A Choice of Weapons (1967)
Born Black (1970)
To Smile in Autumn (1979)
Voices in the Mirror (1990)
The Sun Stalker (2003)
A Hungry Heart (2005)
 

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