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Gordon Parks
American photographer, musician, writer and film director (1912–2006)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 30 November 1912
- Died
- 7 March 2006
- Place of birth
- Fort Scott
- Place of death
- New York City
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Parks
- Spouse
- Genevieve Young
- Movement
- social realism
- Genre
- portrait
- Occupation
- film director, photographer, actor, photojournalist, screenwriter, journalist, film actor, novelist, fashion photographer, artist, film producer, composer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Native language
- English
- Awards
- Spingarn Medal, National Medal of Arts, Library of Congress Living Legend, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame, Lucie Award, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Paul Robeson Award
- artist files at
- Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, College for Creative Studies Library, National Gallery of Art Library
- birth name
- Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
- cause of death
- cancer
- copyright representative
- reproduction right not represented by CISAC member, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- described by source
- Modern Times: Photography in the 20th Century, Black Photographers 1840-1940: A Bio-Bibliography, National Gallery of Art Library Vertical Files, St. James Guide to Black Artists, Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians
- educated at
- St. Paul Central High School, Ricker College, Storm King School
- employer
- Farm Security Administration
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- has works in the collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Modern Art, Dean Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Smithsonian American Art Museum
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Gordon Parks
- participant in
- The Family of Man
- place of burial
- Evergreen Cemetery
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Gordon Parks
- represented by
- Jack Shainman Gallery
- topic's main category
- Category:Gordon Parks
- work location
- Chicago, Minneapolis, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., New York City
- writing language
- English
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