Monday Morning Art (BHM EDITION): Gordon Parks

ARTIST: Gordon Roger Alexander Buchannan Parks
BORN: November 30, 1912
DIED: March 7, 2006 (93yrs)

In efforts to join in the celebration of Black achievement, we pay homage to A true RENAISSANCE man; Gordon Parks. A groundbreaking American photographer,musician,poet,novelist,journalist, activist,and film director. He was the first African American to work at Life magazine, and the first to write, direct, and score a Hollywood film. Parks was also a co-founder of Essence magazine. His achievements truly paved the for way for others to follow and to that, we tip our hat and say: RIP Gordon Parks.

"The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed." -Gordon Parks

Malcolm X Addressing Black Muslim Family Rally in Chicago, 1963

Ethel Shariff in Chicago, 1963

Muhammad Ali, 1970

Department Store
Birmingham, Alabama, 1956

Big Momma and Boy (Bessie and Little Richard the Morning After She Scalded Her Husband), 1967

American Gothic, 1942