Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks

(1912–2006) photojournalist United States

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Gordon Parks (1912–2006) was a United States photojournalist.

About Gordon Parks

Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks 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. He is best remembered for his iconic photos of poor Americans during the 1940s, for his photographic essays for Life magazine, and as the director of the films Shaft, Shaft's Big Score, and the semiautobiographical The Learning Tree.

Notable works:

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Awards:

Lucie Award|Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame|National Medal of Arts|Spingarn Medal|Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards|Library of Congress Living Legend|National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame|Paul Robeson Award

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