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"Exemplifies the contemporary resonance of the photographer's oeuvre--and his commitment to social justice.--David Friend ""Vanity Fair"" Parks's text is integral to the book's power; in it, he offers elaboration and contemplation, revealing his complex relationship to race and the movements he observed.--Elodie Saint-Louis ""AnOther"""

Giving equal weight to words and pictures, this collection was a highly innovative hybrid.--Arthur Lubow ""The New York Times: Arts"" Exemplifies the contemporary resonance of the photographer's oeuvre--and his commitment to social justice.--David Friend ""Vanity Fair"" Parks's text is integral to the book's power; in it, he offers elaboration and contemplation, revealing his complex relationship to race and the movements he observed.--Elodie Saint-Louis ""AnOther""

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Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was one of the twentieth century's preeminent American photographers. Beginning in the 1940s and through the dawn of the twenty-first century, he created work that focused on social justice, race relations, the civil rights movement and the African American experience. Born into poverty and segregation in Fort Scott, Kansas, Parks won a Julius Rosenwald Fund fellowship in 1942, and went on to create groundbreaking work for the Farm Security Administration and magazines such as Ebony, Vogue and Life, where he was staff photographer for more than two decades. Beyond his work in photography, Parks was a respected film director, composer, memoirist, novelist and poet, who left behind an exceptional body of work that is a powerful record and interpretation of American life and culture.

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