• The Gordon Parks Foundation permanently preserves the work of Gordon Parks, makes it available to the public through exhibitions, books, and electronic media...
  • Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and film director...
  • Gordon Parks was a self-taught artist who became the first African American photographer for Life and Vogue magazines.
  • We’re grateful (and also a little amazed!) to have John Edwin Mason introduce this powerful, legendary photograph by Gordon Parks.
  • Courtesy the Gordon Parks Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York). For clues as to why, she suggests, you only need look at Parks's life story.
  • The Gordon Parks Museum celebrates the life and work of Gordon Parks. He was an internationally known photographer, filmmaker, writer and musician.
  • Gordon Parks was one of the seminal figures of twentieth century photography. A humanitarian with a deep commitment to social justice...
  • —Philip Brookman, “Unlocked Doors: Gordon Parks at the Crossroads,” Gordon Parks: Half Past Autumn, 1997. What did you picture while reading this quote?
  • Learn about Gordon Parks, one of the many photographers for LIFE who captured some of the most iconic pictures from the US & around the World.