Over 200 prints by renowned Black photographer Gordon Parks ... and photos from Parks’ multiple portrait sessions with heavyweight prizefighter Muhammad Ali. The remaining sets are drawn from six ...

What the gallery says: “Born into poverty and segregation in Fort Scott, Kansas, Gordon Parks was a humanitarian with a deep and life-long ... Parks befriended Elijah Muhammad, the leader ...

In the late 1940s, Life ... Gordon Parks captured the complexity and nuance of an area that was often misjudged. The photo essay also landed Gordon Parks a full-time position at the magazine ...

In one of Gordon Parks’ photographs ... intimacy between photographer and subject that Parks was known for. As a photographer for “Life” magazine from 1948 to 1972 — the publication ...

Robin Hickman-Winfield looks at a portrait her great-uncle Gordon Parks shot ... photographer for Life magazine, where he photographed major figures including Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali.

A new documentary called "A Choice Of Weapon: Inspired By Gordon Parks," is about the great photographer who chronicled the Black experience for Life magazine. Later, he went on to become the ...

It has been more than 65 years since Gordon Parks came to Mobile to shoot photos for a Life Magazine article on segregation, but his work continues to reverberate. Just last week, the Gordon Parks ...

Gordon Parks was the first Black photographer hired by Life magazine. He was a pioneering photojournalist, a film director (“Shaft,” “The Learning Tree”), a bestselling novelist and a ...