Gordon Parks Artist

Gordon Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, musician, writer and film director. He is best remembered for his photographic essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft.

Personal facts

Gordon Parks
Birth dateNovember 30, 1912
Birth place
Fort Scott Kansas , United States
Nationality
United States
Date of deathMarch 07, 2006
Place of death
New York City , United States , New York

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Artist

Award
Spingarn Medal
National Medal of Arts
NAACP Image Award
Field of work
Film director

Topical connections

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Abai QunanbaiuliWriter
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Andy LaRocheBaseball player
Adam LaRocheBaseball player
Harry O. HoytWriter
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Alan M. OlsonPhilosopher
Adrien StoutenburgWriter
Al HirschfeldArtist
A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.Judge

Gordon Parks on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://beach.k-state.edu/explore/collection
  2. http://libraries.wichita.edu/ablah/index.php/schome/174
  3. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fachap07.html
  4. http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/02/11_olsond_parks
  5. http://purchase.libguides.com/specialcollections
  6. http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/ms/2013-01/2013-1-a.html
  7. http://www.adcglobal.org/archive/hof/1992/?id=220
  8. http://www.c-span.org/video/?95640-1/gordon-parks-photography-exhibit
  9. http://www.cdsporch.org/archives/tag/the-restraints-open-and-hidden-exhibition
  10. http://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/0602-Summer-2006/Director-Profile-Gordon-Parks.aspx