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Wikipedia: Gordon Parks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Parks
Encyclopedia-style entry on the African American photographer, pianist, film director, and novelist. |
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The Gordon Parks Collection - http://library.pittstate.edu/spcoll/ndxparks.html
Description of still photos from the movie "The Learning Tree," at Leonard H. Axe Library, Pittsburg State University. Links. |
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Half Past Autumn - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june98/gordon_1-6.html
An interview of photographer Gordon Parks on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery. RealAudio and a transcript. Transcript uses some Windows-only characters. [NewsHour] |
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Legends Online: Gordon Parks - http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/parks/intro_set.shtml
Biography, and a photo gallery. |
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Notable Black American Men: Gordon Parks - http://gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/parks_g.htm
Biography of the African-American photographer, writer, and filmmaker. |
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A Kansas Portrait: Gordon Parks - http://www.kshs.org/portraits/parks_gordon.htm
Biographical essay on the photographer, writer, and filmmaker. |
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IMDb: Gordon Parks - http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0662953/
Filmography, brief biography, trivia. |
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Spartacus Educational: Gordon Parks - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAPparks.htm
Short biography of the American photographer, for schoolchildren. |
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Reporting Civil Rights: Gordon Parks - http://www.reportingcivilrights.org/authors/bio.jsp?authorId=141
Traces the career of the photojournalist, movie producer, and writer. Includes selected bibliography. |
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The Films & Photography of Gordon Parks, Sr. - http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/parksflm.html
Was part of a film series put on by New York State Writers Institute, at SUNY Albany. How he got his big break, and his work in photography and films. Links to film notes and to two articles. |
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Visual excellence is Gordon Parks - http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/625/Visual_excellence_iisi_Gordon_Parks
Biographical essay on the African-American photographer and filmmaker. |
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Gordon Parks: Appreciation of an artist's life work - http://www.ebsqart.com/ArtMagazine/za_264.htm
A photography instructor outlines the career of the groundbreaking black movie director and photographer. Includes several photographs. [Online Art Magazine] |
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Gordon Parks: Renaissance man, internationally-known photographer - http://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_n2640_v127/ai_21114541
Biographical profile, by the Corcoran Gallery's curator of photography and media arts. May not work in some browsers. [USA Today Magazine] |
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Gordon Parks, Sr. - http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historymakers/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=117
Biographical profile. Photographs of him and his parents. |
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Ella Watson, U.S. Government Charwoman - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fachap07.html
A baker's dozen of photographs from Gordon Parks' series for the Farm Security Administration. Includes one of his most famous pictures, "American Gothic." Accompanying text sheds light on how Roy Stryker helped Parks become a better artist. |