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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker, 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.
A Great Day in Hip Hop is a black-and-white photograph of over 200 hip hop artists and producers in Harlem, New York, taken by photographer Gordon Parks on September 29, 1998. [1] It was commissioned by XXL magazine, as a homage to Art Kane's A Great Day in Harlem, photographed in 1958. [2]
The re-release and exhibition of Gordon Parks’ “Born Black” bring new relevance to the famed photographer’s perspective on Black American […] The post ‘Born Black’: A new exhibition ...
Gordon Parks was an American photographer who, through a fellowship from the Rosenwald Fund, arrived in Washington D.C. in January 1942, where he gained employment at the Historical Section of the Farm Security Administration under the management of Roy Stryker.
Macy's Salutes Gordon Parks, an American Master, in Celebration of Black History Month Macy's, in partnership with The Gordon Parks Foundation and the American Black Film Festival, honors Gordon ...
Stunning black-and-white images from over 70 years ago show what life used to be like in one of Manhattan's most famous neighborhoods.
Gordon Parks (1912–2006), assigned by Life in 1963 to travel with Malcolm X and document the civil rights movement. [13] He was also involved with the movement on a personal level. In 1947, Gordon Parks documented Drs. Kenneth B. and Mamie Phipps Clark's "Doll Test", pictures that were published in Ebony that year.
Songs of My People was a book, exhibition and multimedia project created and edited by organizers Eric Easter, Dudley M. Brooks and D. Michael Cheers. [1] The book was published in February 1992 by Little, Brown, with an introduction by famed African American photographer Gordon Parks.