Websites in Parks, Gordon

1. A Great Day for Gordon Parks
   Feature story on the legendary photographer's 90th birthday. RealAudio. Includes links to earlier stories on Parks. Requires JavaScript. [All Things Considered]
   http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=870441
   
   
2. A Kansas Portrait: Gordon Parks
   Biographical essay on the photographer, writer, and filmmaker.
   http://www.kshs.org/portraits/parks_gordon.htm
   
   
3. A Lifetime of Photography: A Conversation with Gordon Parks
   Short article on the remarkably versatile artist.
   http://www.nanpa.org/conferences/Summit2001/Parks.html
   
   
4. All Movie Guide: Gordon Parks
   Short biography concentrating on Parks as a director, who he's worked with in film, and filmography.
   http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:181971
   
   
5. Colored Reflections: Gordon Parks
   Short biography.
   http://www.coloredreflections.com/decades/decade.cfm?dec=2&typ=2&sty=1&sid=45
   
   
6. Ella Watson, U.S. Government Charwoman
   A baker's dozen of photographs from Gordon Parks' series for the Farm Security Administration. Includes one of his most famous pictures, "American Gothic." Accompanying text sheds light on how Roy Stryker helped Parks become a better artist.
   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fachap07.html
   
   
7. Gordon Parks Turns 85/Corcoran Retrospective
   Short feature story on the photographer, and the Half Past Autumn exhibit. [Voice of America]
   http://afgen.com/g_parks.html
   
   
8. Gordon Parks, Sr.
   Biographical profile. Photographs of him and his parents.
   http://www.thehistorymakers.com/historymakers/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=117
   
   
9. Gordon Parks: A Man for All Seasons
   Feature article on Parks, who refused to believe that a black man was bound to fail. From the summer 2003 issue of "The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education."
   http://www.jbhe.com/features/40_gordon_parks.html
   
   
10. Gordon Parks: Appreciation of an artist's life work
    A photography instructor outlines the career of the groundbreaking black movie director and photographer. Includes several photographs. [Online Art Magazine]
    http://www.ebsqart.com/ArtMagazine/za_264.htm
    
    
11. Gordon Parks: Renaissance man, internationally-known photographer
    Biographical profile, by the Corcoran Gallery's curator of photography and media arts. May not work in some browsers. [USA Today Magazine]
    http://articles.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_n2640_v127/ai_21114541
    
    
12. Half Past Autumn
    An interview of photographer Gordon Parks on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery. RealAudio and a transcript. Transcript uses some Windows-only characters. [NewsHour]
    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june98/gordon_1-6.html
    
    
13. Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks
    Notes from a 1999 exhibition. Information on the artist and the exhibition. Includes a portrait of Parks, and a handful of his photographs.
    http://www.norton.org/exhibit/archive/autumn/autumn.htm
    
    
14. IMDb: Gordon Parks
    Filmography, brief biography, trivia.
    http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0662953/
    
    
15. Legends Online: Gordon Parks
    Biography, and a photo gallery.
    http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/parks/intro_set.shtml
    
    
16. Masters of Photography: Gordon Parks
    Biographical encyclopedia article, photo gallery.
    http://www.masters-of-photography.com/P/parks/parks_articles1.html
    
    
17. Notable Black American Men: Gordon Parks
    Biography of the African-American photographer, writer, and filmmaker.
    http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/parks_g.htm
    
    
18. Reporting Civil Rights: Gordon Parks
    Traces the career of the photojournalist, movie producer, and writer. Includes selected bibliography.
    http://www.reportingcivilrights.org/authors/bio.jsp?authorId=141
    
    
19. Spartacus Educational: Gordon Parks
    Short biography of the American photographer, for schoolchildren.
    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAPparks.htm
    
    
20. The Films & Photography of Gordon Parks, Sr.
    Was part of a film series put on by New York State Writers Institute, at SUNY Albany. How he got his big break, and his work in photography and films. Links to film notes and to two articles.
    http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/parksflm.html
    
    
21. The Gordon Parks Collection
    Description of still photos from the movie "The Learning Tree," at Leonard H. Axe Library, Pittsburg State University. Links.
    http://library.pittstate.edu/spcoll/ndxparks.html
    
    
22. Visual excellence is Gordon Parks
    Biographical essay on the African-American photographer and filmmaker.
    http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/625/Visual_excellence_iisi_Gordon_Parks
    
    
23. Wikipedia: Gordon Parks
    Encyclopedia-style entry on the African American photographer, pianist, film director, and novelist.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Gordon_Parks
    
    

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