Cover of Gordon Parks

Book 2015

Gordon Parks

6 readers

Publisher
Albert Whitman
Language
English
Published
2015
  • African American photographers
  • Photographers
  • Juvenile literature
  • Biography
  • African Americans

Gordon Parks is most famous for being the first black director in Hollywood. But before he made movies and wrote books, he was a poor African American looking for work. When he bought a camera, his life changed forever. He taught himself how to take pictures and before long, people noticed.