Known for his photographs of the civil rights movement, Gordon Parks spent two years in the French capital for 'Life' magazine, from 1949 to 1951. Here, he captured images of American expatriate ...

“He really paved the way,” Peter Kunhardt, Jr., a family friend and executive director of the Gordon Parks Foundation, says of Parks. Tenement Dwellers, Chicago, Illinois, 1950 by Gordon Parks ...

The exhibition of Gordon Parks’ work in London aims to reposition him as more than a photojournalist, and instead as an artist against social injustice Born into poverty and segregation in Fort Scott, ...

But for Karen Haas ’78, what began with a casual phone inquiry about a single photo by the late photographer Gordon Parks ultimately led to a stunning new book of Parks’ unpublished photos from 65 ...

It was the end of the evening at Cipriani 42nd Street, dinner long served, and Lee was onstage to present the last honoree at the 2024 Gordon Parks Foundation awards gala. While Lee was feeling ...

The Gordon Parks Foundation's annual gala is set to be another star-studded event. The foundation's annual awards dinner and auction connects titans in art, music, film, fashion and philanthropy ...

A century ago Gordon Parks was born into poverty and segregation in Kansas. Now his photography is on show in Washington, DC. Parks, within a decade, went from a self-taught photographer to ...

Colin Kaepernick, Amy Sherald, and more were honored during the Gordon Parks Foundation gala. Gala season in New York is well underway, and one Black organization celebrating both art and activism ...

When Gordon Parks arrived in Washington, D.C. in 1942, he was 29 years old, with a past defined by his black skin and a future in his camera bag. He was starting out as a professional photographer ...

Zoot suit pants legs were wide and tapered at the ankles. The noted photographer Gordon Parks captured this image in Daytona Beach, Florida. Gordon Parks / Library of Congress Prints and ...