Overview :Gordon Parks (1912 2006) was a pioneering figure in 20th-century photography. The first African-American photographer to join the Farm Secur... Read More
Overview :"Gordon Parks is remarkable: a Renaissance man who has mastered photography, filmmaking, and writing. The story of his life is certainly an ... Read More
Overview :Parks' impactful images from the forefront of the Civil Rights and Black Power movementsOriginally published in 1971, Gordon Parks' Born Bla... Read More
Overview :An expansive look at one of the greatest American photo seriesGordon Parks' 1942 portrait of government worker Ella Watson, American Gothic,... Read More
Overview :In September 1956, Life magazine published a photo-essay by Gordon Parks entitled "The Restraints: Open and Hidden," which documented the ev... Read More
Overview :The first African American photographer to be hired full time by Life magazine, Gordon Parks was often sent on assignments involving social ... Read More
Overview :A nuanced profile, in image and text, of the great Black Power leader at the exhilarating moment of the movement's ascendancyGordon Parks' 1... Read More
Overview :Parks' chronicle of small-town Maine anticipates his profound images of civil rights and inequalityIn January 1944, Gordon Parks (1912-2006)... Read More
Overview :Class, race and labor in a Pittsburgh plant: a rarely seen series by Gordon ParksBy 1944, Gordon Parks had established himself as a photogra... Read More
Overview :The emergence of a social conscience in rarely seen images from Parks' formative yearsFocusing on new research and access to forgotten pictu... Read More
Overview :Following on from the publication of the first six books featuring The Library of Congress' internationally renowned collection of Farm Secu... Read More
Overview :A Study Guide for Gordon Parks's "The Learning Tree," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes... Read More
Overview :Capturing Courage - How Gordon Parks Turned One Camera into a World of ChangeFar beyond ordinary picture books, The Story of Gordon Parks: A... Read More
Overview :This book celebrates photographer, filmmaker, composer, and author Gordon Parks, drawing on photographs and archival material held at Wichit... Read More
Overview :The story of a self-taught photographer who used his camera to take a stand against racism in America.His white teacher tells her all-black ... Read More
Overview :The first feature article that Parks both wrote and photographed is reassembled through previously unseen images, contact sheets, ephemeral ... Read More