Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, journalist, activist and film director. He is remembered for his photo essays in Life magazine as the director of the 1971 film shaft. He is drawn to pictures of migrant workers and those in strife. He likes to double expose frames. He also enjoyed taking portrait pictures for society women. He also wanted to photograph in the fashion world, and was hired by vogue editor to do shoots for evening gowns, and did that for the next few years. He published two books, Flash Photography and Camera Portraits: Techniques and principles of Documentary Portraiture.