Gordon Parks

How the Photographer Captured Black and White America

Kids, People and Places, Biography, Non-Fiction, Art
Cover of the book Gordon Parks by Carole Boston Weatherford, Jamey Christoph, Albert Whitman & Company
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Author: Carole Boston Weatherford, Jamey Christoph ISBN: 9780807530184
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company Publication: February 1, 2015
Imprint: Albert Whitman & Company Language: English
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford, Jamey Christoph
ISBN: 9780807530184
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Publication: February 1, 2015
Imprint: Albert Whitman & Company
Language: English

His white teacher tells her all-black class, You’ll all wind up porters and waiters. What did she know? Gordon Parks is most famous for being the first black director in Hollywood. But before he made movies and wrote books, he was a poor African American looking for work. When he bought a camera, his life changed forever. He taught himself how to take pictures and before long, people noticed. His success as a fashion photographer landed him a job working for the government. In Washington DC, Gordon went looking for a subject, but what he found was segregation. He and others were treated differently because of the color of their skin. Gordon wanted to take a stand against the racism he observed. With his camera in hand, he found a way. Told through lyrical verse and atmospheric art, this is the story of how, with a single photograph, a self-taught artist got America to take notice.

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His white teacher tells her all-black class, You’ll all wind up porters and waiters. What did she know? Gordon Parks is most famous for being the first black director in Hollywood. But before he made movies and wrote books, he was a poor African American looking for work. When he bought a camera, his life changed forever. He taught himself how to take pictures and before long, people noticed. His success as a fashion photographer landed him a job working for the government. In Washington DC, Gordon went looking for a subject, but what he found was segregation. He and others were treated differently because of the color of their skin. Gordon wanted to take a stand against the racism he observed. With his camera in hand, he found a way. Told through lyrical verse and atmospheric art, this is the story of how, with a single photograph, a self-taught artist got America to take notice.

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