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Songs of my people: African Americans : a self-portrait
Eric Easter, Gordon Parks, Michael D. Cheers, Dudley M. Brooks, and Sylvester Monroe
Fifty African-American photojournalists open a "revelatory window to a world of pulsing blackness" with photographs of African-American culture, from the Mississippi cotton fields to the New York Stock Exchange. Simultaneous. National ad/promo. TV tie-in. Tour.
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Soul Sanctuary: Images of the African American Worship Experience
Jason Miccolo Johnson, Gordon Parks, Cain Hope Felder, Barbranda Lumpkins Walls, Cardes H. Brown, John Hurst Adams, H. Beecher Hicks Jr., and Lawrence N. Jones
Fifty African-American photojournalists open a "revelatory window to a world of pulsing blackness" with photographs of African-American culture, from the Mississippi cotton fields to the New York Stock Exchange. Simultaneous. National ad/promo. TV tie-in. Tour.
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The Learning Tree
Gordon Parks
Photographer, writer, and composer, Gordon Parks has written a moving, true-to-life novel of growing up as a black man in this country in this century. Hailed by critics and readers alike, The Learning Tree tells the extraordinary journey of a family as they struggle to understand the world around them and leave their mark a world that is better for their having been in it. -- Taken from goodreads
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The Photographs of Gordon Parks
Charles Johnson
Providing a unique view of American life during the Great Depression and Second World War, each volume in the Fields of Vision series focuses on a single photographer whose vision helped shape the collective identity of America and influenced the way we look at photographs in the 21st century. All of the images in each volume are chosen from the Library of Congress’s renowned collection of Farm Security Administration (FSA) and Office of War Information (OWI) photographs. Born into poverty in Kansas, Gordon Parks (1912–2006) rose to become one of the most celebrated photographers of the twentieth century. He was inspired to teach himself photography after seeing Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographs in a magazine, and joined the FSA staff in 1941. He later worked for Life magazine and was also a successful musician and composer, the author of many books, and a director.
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The Sun Stalker: A Novel Based on the Life of Joseph Mallord William Turner
Gordon Parks
Turner was born in London on April 23, 1775, educated at the Royal Academy of Arts, and at the remarkable age of 15 began exhibiting his paintings at the Academy. He continued to show his work there until 1850." "Gordon Parks became dedicated to researching Turner's life to fulfill a promise to a poet friend who had passed away before producing the film he dreamed of on this turbulent painter
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The Way We Were: New England Then, New England Now
Daniel Okrent and Gordon Parks
Photographs document everyday life in New England during the late forties and early fifties, and are accompanied by comments on how things have changed since then
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To Smile in Autumn
Gordon Parks
An account of the artist's life from 1944 through 1978 focuses on the prime of his career as poet, journalist, humanitarian, composer, and motion-picture director
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Voices in The Mirror: An Autobiography
Gordon Parks
Alone after his mother’s death, homeless in a Minnesota winter, young Gordon struggled to stay in school, working at menial jobs and riding streetcars all night to escape the cold. Refusing to succumb to despair, he instead transformed his anger at poverty and racism into a creative force and went on to break down one barrier after another. He was the first black photographer at Vogue and Life, and the first black screenwriter and director in Hollywood, at the helm of such projects as the award-winning Shaft. And his novel, The Learning Tree, has sold more than a quarter of a million copies. Spanning the major events of five decades, Voices in the Mirror takes readers from Minnesota and Washington, D.C., to the glamour of Paris and the ghettos of Rio and Harlem. His intimate portrayals of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini; of the Muslim and African American icons Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad and Muhammad Ali; of the young militants of the civil rights and black power movements; and of the tragic experiences of the less famous, like the Brazilian youngster Flavio, combine to form an unforgettable story. Gordon Parks’s life is a metaphor for the courageous vision and extraordinary resilience of the African American community, while also serving as a testament to the spirit and generosity that are its hallmarks. -- Taken from goodreads
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Whispers of IntimateThings
Gordon Parks and Philip B. Kundhardt Jr.
A collection of Parks' poems and photography.
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