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The Photographs of Gordon Parks

The Photographs of Gordon Parks - Fields of Vision

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Publisher's Synopsis

Following on from the publication of the first six books featuring The Library of Congress' internationally renowned collection of Farm Security Administration (FSA) and Office of War Information (OWI) photographs, the series continues with images chosen from the works of Gordon Parks. Born in 1912 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the youngest of fifteen children in a poor tenant-farming family, Parks was working odd jobs in Minnesota when he saw the work of FSA photographers in a magazine and was inspired to buy a camera. His early pictures landed him a position as Roy Stryker's apprentice in 1942. Among his extraordinary FSA photos is “American Gothic," which shows charwoman Ella Watson posed with mop and broom against an American flag. After the FSA, Parks worked at Life magazine. He also became a respected writer and film director. He died in 2006.

Book information

ISBN: 9781904832874
Publisher: D Giles Limited
Imprint: Giles
Pub date:
DEWEY: 779.092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 50
Weight: 204g
Height: 181mm
Width: 181mm
Spine width: 7mm