Photographer and journalist Gordon Parks used his camera as a tool to help the world understand the experience of African-Americans in the U.S. A current exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, titled “Gordon Parks: The New Tide,” examines the first ten years of his career, and exhibit curator Philip…
Gordon Parks was a true modern renaissance man with achievements in many fields. Among his many accomplishments, he was a groundbreaking photographer whose images had a deep impact on our culture. Gordon Parks was born in a normal farmer’s family, he was the last child, having attended the elementary school…
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks was an American Photographer who was a multifaceted individual making his reign over photography, music, literature and movies. Gordon Parks is primarily well known and fondly remembered for his photographic essays for life magazine and a notable film director for the film Shaft. © Gordon…