‘He was making history, not copying it’: the greatest Gordon Parks photographs
As a new exhibition celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Gordon Parks Foundation, those who knew him discuss his most powerful imagesGordon Parks was not only a renowned photographer but also a poet, composer, director and mentor to so many, past and present, a Renaissance man whose talent spanned disciplines. Born in Fort Scott, Kansas, Parks used his craft to…
As a new exhibition celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Gordon Parks Foundation, those who knew him discuss his most powerful imagesGordon Parks was not only a renowned photographer but also a poet, composer, director and mentor to so many, past and present, a Renaissance man whose talent spanned disciplines. Born in Fort Scott, Kansas, Parks used his craft to…
