Parks, Gordon

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All Movie Guide: Gordon Parks - Short biography concentrating on Parks as a director, who he's worked with in film, and filmography.

Colored Reflections: Gordon Parks - Short biography.

Ella Watson, U.S. Government Charwoman - 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.

The Gordon Parks Collection - Description of still photos from the movie "The Learning Tree," at Leonard H. Axe Library, Pittsburg State University. Links.

Gordon Parks, Sr. - Biographical profile. Photographs of him and his parents.

Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks - Notes from a 1999 exhibition. Information on the artist and the exhibition.

IMDb: Gordon Parks - Filmography, brief biography, trivia.

A Kansas Portrait: Gordon Parks - Biographical essay on the photographer, writer, and filmmaker.

Legends Online: Gordon Parks - Biography, and a photo gallery.

A Lifetime of Photography: A Conversation with Gordon Parks - Short article on the remarkably versatile artist.

Notable Black American Men: Gordon Parks - Biography of the African-American photographer, writer, and filmmaker.

Reporting Civil Rights: Gordon Parks - Traces the career of the photojournalist, movie producer, and writer. Includes selected bibliography.

Spartacus Educational: Gordon Parks - Short biography of the American photographer, for schoolchildren.

Visual excellence is Gordon Parks - Biographical essay on the African-American photographer and filmmaker.

Wikipedia: Gordon Parks - Encyclopedia-style entry on the African American photographer, pianist, film director, and novelist.

Gordon Parks: Appreciation of an artist's life work - A photography instructor outlines the career of the groundbreaking black movie director and photographer. Includes several photographs. [Online Art Magazine] (January, 2004)

A Great Day for Gordon Parks - Feature story on the legendary photographer's 90th birthday. RealAudio. Includes links to earlier stories on Parks. Requires JavaScript. [All Things Considered] (December 8, 2002)

Gordon Parks: Renaissance man, internationally-known photographer - Biographical profile, by the Corcoran Gallery's curator of photography and media arts. May not work in some browsers. [USA Today Magazine] (September, 1998)

Half Past Autumn - 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] (January 6, 1998)