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The List: There's a lot going on today Baltimore Examiner, MD - Nov 26, 2008 ... a Baltimore native, who was mentored by the late Gordon Parks, captured the images presented in this exhibition 40 years ago for Life magazine. ...

Art: Two shooters, two sensibilities Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Nov 9, 2008 By Edward Sozanski Art Sinsabaugh and Gordon Parks approached photography from opposite ends of the spectrum. Yet they share the distinction of having ...

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Bare Witness: Photographs by Gordon Parks

by: Maren Stange
Novelist, memoirist, poet, film director, choreographer, and musician, Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was renowned as a man of many talents. He is best known as a photographer, a career he took up in the 1930s. Starting with fashion and portraiture, he honed his skill and his passion for documenting social ills working for the New Deal's Farm Security Administration. During World War II he became the first black photographer employed by the War Office of Information. After the war, he became Life magazine's first black staff photographer and established an international reputation publishing images and photo-essays that helped transform and liberalize American society by informing Americans about the plight of the urban poor.

A Choice of Weapons (Borealis Books)

by: Gordon Parks
I write this after hearing the news of his passing. This book gave hope to another youth who had lost his parents and was looking for a reason to become a man. The effect this book had on me cannot be overestimated. It was to set me on the path to becoming a photographer, and to pursue writing among other things. It was required reading for me when I was in High School, and the only book I read all the way through.

Voices in the Mirror

by: Gordon Parks
I'm surprised that this book has not gained more notarity. I am an admirer of Gordon Parks. His story is one of inspiration and challenge. An imperfect man who maximized his potential. Gordon Parks is an American Icon. Author, composer, photographer, and mentor his life is simply amazing. From being proclaimed dead at birth to succeeding at everything he touched; his life embodies hope and aspiration.

Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective

by: Gordon Parks
mr. parks' book is autobiographical in photo and text. the book reveals his journey to becoming a documentor of turbulent times during his career. this is a must purchase.

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