RIP Gordon Parks
 

I am a huuuge fan of The Learning Tree.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060308/..._mo/obit_parks

NEW YORK - Gordon Parks, who captured the struggles and triumphs of black America as a photographer for Life magazine and then became Hollywood's first major black director with "The Learning Tree" and the hit "Shaft," died Tuesday, a family member said. He was 93.

Parks, who also wrote fiction and was an accomplished composer, died in New York, his nephew, Charles Parks, said in a telephone interview from Lawrence, Kan.

"Nothing came easy," Parks wrote in his autobiography. "I was just born with a need to explore every tool shop of my mind, and with long searching and hard work. I became devoted to my restlessness."

Sad... Pioneers are leaving left and right...

:( Rest In Peace.

I was just telling my mother that death lately has been coming in threes. This week they came within the last 24 hours.:( :(

Rest in peace, Mr. Parks. :(

I'm saddened to hear of Gordon Parks' passing. His "A Choice of Weapons," which I read in high school, stayed with me. While he will be missed, his legacy remains. May God rest his soul.

RIP Gordon Parks.

Wow--another legend gone. This has been quite the year in significant passings already. :(

My prayers are with the Parks family in their time of need.

enigma_AKA

I knew this day was coming. :(

R.I.P. Mr. Parks.

I just read this in the news paper. My heart sank:(

SF Gate.com (San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...sn=001&sc=1000

:(

I was shocked to hear the news I admired his work as a photographer he always has been a role model for me and I will actively pursue his vocation.

What a wonderful picture!
 

From SF Gate:
Gordon Parks hams it up for fellow photographers following a Harlem portrait session featuring himself and close to 100 other prominent African-American photographers in 2002. Associated Press photo by Suzanne Plunkett

http://www.sfgate.com/c/pictures/200...parksny133.jpg

Re: What a wonderful picture!
 

I love that picture also. There is so much joy in it.