Gordon Parks
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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchannan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking African-American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft.
He is also know for his iconic Depression-era photographs of African-American families taken for the Farm Security Administration of the United States Government.
[edit] Images created by Gordon Parks
 American Gothic |
 Two young girls at Camp Chrismas Seals |
 Duke Ellington at the Hurricane Club (1943) |
 Marian Anderson |
 Paul Robeson |
 Walter White |
 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. |
 Charles S. Johnson |
 Rex Stewart |
 Ray Nance |
 Juan Tizol |
 Lawrence Brown |
 Sonny Greer |
[edit] Images depicting Gordon Parks
 Parks at the Civil Rights March on Washington, DC (1963) |
