Gordon Parks
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Date of birth | 30 November 1912 Fort Scott Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks | ||||
Date of death | 7 March 2006 New York City | ||||
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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.
Images created by Gordon Parks
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American Gothic
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Two young girls at Camp Christmas Seals
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Duke Ellington at the Hurricane Club (1943)
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Marian Anderson
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Paul Robeson
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Walter White
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
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Charles S. Johnson
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Rex Stewart
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Ray Nance
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Juan Tizol
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Lawrence Brown
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Sonny Greer
Images depicting Gordon Parks
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Parks at the Civil Rights March on Washington, DC (1963)