A First African - American Staff Photographer: The Gordon Parks Foundation
A First African - American Staff Photographer: The Gordon Parks Foundation
Written by Stephanie Taylor
Mr. Gordon Parks was a photographer, director, music composer, and author. He was the first African - American reporter at Life magazine. Mr. Parks directed the movies The Learning Tree and Shaft. His photography was about the air in life. God is depicted in his photography projects including Black Muslims, Back to Fort Scott, and Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church. Author of semi - autobiographical book of The Learning Tree. (New York: Harper & Row, 1963), and the book Born Black. (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1971). Mr. Gordon Parks was a civil rights leader. He scored the film The Learning Tree. In 2009, The Gordon Park Foundation scholarships started giving awards to college students. They also have fellowships for photographers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians.
gordonparksfoundation.org
Written by Stephanie Taylor
Mr. Gordon Parks was a photographer, director, music composer, and author. He was the first African - American reporter at Life magazine. Mr. Parks directed the movies The Learning Tree and Shaft. His photography was about the air in life. God is depicted in his photography projects including Black Muslims, Back to Fort Scott, and Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church. Author of semi - autobiographical book of The Learning Tree. (New York: Harper & Row, 1963), and the book Born Black. (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1971). Mr. Gordon Parks was a civil rights leader. He scored the film The Learning Tree. In 2009, The Gordon Park Foundation scholarships started giving awards to college students. They also have fellowships for photographers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians.
gordonparksfoundation.org
