Gordon Parks
Photographer, Visual Artist
1912 – 2006
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Who was Gordon Parks?
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks was an American photographer, musician, writer and film director. He is best remembered for his photographic essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film, Shaft.
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- Born
- Nov 30, 1912
Fort Scott - Also known as
- Gordon Alexander Parks
- Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
- Gordon Parks Sr.
- Parks, Gordon
- Parents
- Spouses
- Sally Alvis
(1933 - 1961) - Elizabeth Campbell
(1962 - 1973) - Genevieve Young
(1973/08 - 1979)
- Sally Alvis
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Fort Scott
- Died
- Mar 7, 2006
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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