‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it

The visionary photographer captured the ugliness of racism in America, as well as the strength and dignity of those who opposed it – from cleaners in the corridors of power to Martin Luther King Jr pr ...
Observer

Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr. On the Gordon Parks Foundation’s Newly Launched Legacy Initiative

Last month, the team behind the Gordon Parks Foundation announced the launch of its Legacy Initiative, which will acquire works by mid- and late-career artists connected to Parks’ life and legacy.
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Gordon Parks’ photographs of Black Americans in the 1950s are essential viewing in London

When Gordon Parks picked up a camera in 1937, aged 25, Black Americans around him were processing the repercussions of the ...
Philadelphia Tribune

How artist Gordon Parks' foundation keeps his legacy growing 20 years after his death

Civil rights photographer and artist Gordon Parks' legacy continues to expand today, even as the 20th anniversary of his death arrives on March 7. However, the Gordon Parks Foundation, which ...
Moviefone

Gordon Parks Jr.

Gordon Roger Parks, Jr. (December 7, 1934 – April 3, 1979) was an American film director best known for the film Super Fly. Parks was the son of Sally Alvis and late photographer and director Gordon ...
Observer

Elegance Met Urgency at This Year’s Gordon Parks Foundation Gala

Anna Wintour. Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Gordon Parks Foundation “Our annual gala is our homecoming,” Kunhardt told Observer after the fact, “and it’s so important because every dollar ...