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Gordon Parks

(1912-2006)
American photographer
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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was an American photographer, musician, writer and film director, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African-Americans—and in glamour photography.

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Born Gordon Alexander Parks
30 November 1912
Fort Scott, Kansas
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7 March 2006 (aged 93)
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Zodiac Sagittarius
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