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Untitled, 1948 According to Parks, this is Red Jackson, a young Harlem gang leader. Photo credit: Gordon Parks — at New York City, Harlem.

The Vogue Photographer Who Took Black America As Seriously As He Took Fashion

A new book traces four decades of Gordon Parks’s career.

Gordon Parks was only a teenager when he left his hometown of Fort Scott, Kansas. The youngest of Parks chose to make a living for himself after his mother passed away, and wound up becoming the first African American photographer for Life Magazine.

The segregation generation: Gordon Parks' poignant shots of an America divided – in pictures

In 1950, Gordon Parks – one of the most celebrated African American photographers – returned home to Fort Scott, Kansas to track down his old schoolmates and show the impact of segregation on their lives

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source We love photography! So much so that we are not often found without our camera. Photography can illuminate stories, bring life to still moments, evoke emotions and spring forth change. Gor…

Gordon Parks - Exhibitions - Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Rhona Hoffman Gallery, founded originally as Young Hoffman Gallery in 1976, specializes in international contemporary art in all medias, and art that is conceptually, formally, or socio-politically based.

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Gordon Parks: I Am You - Part 1

The photographer who found both the pride and the prejudice.

Gordon Parks exhibit offers intimate glimpse into segregation-era life for African Americans

In the spring of 1950, Gordon Parks, the first African-American photographer for Life Magazine, returned to his hometown of Fort Scott, Kansas. On assignment for the magazine, Parks photographed his middle…

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Untitled, Shady Grove, Alabama (Boys Fishing 37.048)

Available for sale from Robert Klein Gallery, Gordon Parks, Untitled, Shady Grove, Alabama (Boys Fishing 37.048) (1956), Archival digital pigment print, 14 × 14 in

Splint in a Tent: August Southfields, New York. "Interracial activities at camp Nathan Hale, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. First aid." Photo by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information.

Big picture: interracial children’s camps, by Gordon Parks – in pictures

Each week, the Guardian Weekend magazine's editorial team choose a picture, or set of pictures, that particularly tickle their fancy. This week, their choice is a selection of images from photographer Gordon Parks

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Photographer Gordon Parks' hunt for childhood friends reveals 1940s black life under segregation

One of the most celebrated African-American artists of his time, Gordon Parks, is the subject of a photography exhibition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts that focuses on the realities of life under segregation during the 1940s. WGBH's Jared Bowen reports.