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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and film director, 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.
English. Box office. $1.5 million (rentals) [1] The Learning Tree is a 1969 American coming-of-age film written, produced and directed by Gordon Parks, who also scored the film. It depicts the life of Newt Winger, a teenager growing up in Cherokee Flats, Kansas, in the 1920s and chronicles his journey into manhood marked with tragic events.
The Gordon Parks Foundation – via Archive.today. ^ a b "The Photography of Gordon Parks". Life – via Archive.today. ^ "Ella Watson United States Government Charwoman | Documenting America | Articles and Essays | Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives | Digital Collections".
Stunning black-and-white images from over 70 years ago show what life used to be like in one of Manhattan's most famous neighborhoods.
Makkai chronicles her journey revisiting her father’s hometown of Budapest to find traces of their shared past through language and sounds.
Shaft is a 1971 American blaxploitation crime action thriller film directed by Gordon Parks and written by Ernest Tidyman [4] and John D. F. Black. [5] It is an adaptation of Tidyman's novel of the same name and is the first entry in the Shaft film series. The plot revolves around a private detective named John Shaft who is hired by a Harlem mobster to rescue his daughter from the Italian ...
Harlem, New York. Owner. The Gordon Parks Organization. A Great Day in Hip Hop is a black-and-white photograph of over 200 hip hop artists and producers in Harlem, New York, taken by photographer Gordon Parks on September 29, 1998. [1] It was commissioned by XXL magazine, as a homage to Art Kane 's A Great Day in Harlem, photographed in 1958.
English. A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks is a 2021 documentary film that follows the life of the photographer and filmmaker Gordon Parks. Its title derives from Parks’ 1967 autobiography. [2] [3] The film features Devin Allen, Jelani Cobb, Anderson Cooper, Ava DuVernay, Nelson George, Jamel Shabazz, Spike Lee, and LaToya Ruby ...