Gordon Parks
Bought a camera in a pawnshop and became Life magazine's first Black staff photographer, then the first Black director of a major Hollywood film. He called the camera his choice of weapon.
Black excellence, on the record
The RecordThey made it impossible to look away
Bought a camera in a pawnshop and became Life magazine's first Black staff photographer, then the first Black director of a major Hollywood film. He called the camera his choice of weapon.