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(Daily Beast) - Gordon Parks was a self-taught filmmaker, poet, and photographer widely praised for documenting the African-American experience (he was the first African-American on staff at LIFE magazine). Since his death at 93 in 2006, the Gordon Parks Foundation has honored his legacy with a glamorous auction in Manhattan’s Central Park, often bringing out the cream of the both the fashion and art worlds. Continued
Photo: Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm. Cimarron County, Oklahoma by Arthur Rothstein (FSA/OWI/LOC)
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My son did his 5th grade report on Gordon Parks. Parks was so versatile it was a challenge for my son to fit all of Parks' many accomplishments into his report.
Photographer, poet, novelist, composer, AND directed "Shaft." He covered a lot of ground.
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