Megan's Blog – February 2011 Archive (1)

Two words best describe Gordon Park’s life…groundbreakingand inspirational.

Parks was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine. In the 1950s, Parks worked as a consultant on various Hollywood productions and later directed a series of documentaries commissioned by National Educational Television on black ghetto life. Beginning…