Nearly 20 years after his death, the photographer, filmmaker and author will be recognized thanks to a recent legislative ...
“A Choice of Weapons” blends Parks’ striking photographs (spanning more than 40 years) with footage of the artist in conversation, supported by reflections from a starry cast of interviewees, ...
Gordon Parks was born on November 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, Kansas. He was the issue of the second generation of exodusters, those blacks who had chosen to migrate into the western territories of the ...
A new exhibition of the work of Gordon Parks, a photographer renowned for documenting African American life, turns its focus on Parks’ exploration of Black religion and spirituality. “Although Gordon ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Students at Gordon Parks Academy are getting the opportunity of a lifetime. They were invited to Paris to be a part of a book and documentary. “Oh my goodness, what an ...