The late Gordon Parks — director, composer, memoirist, and most famously, photographer — once wrote, “Some of us are born to be leaders, some to be followers. Some of us are born with great talents, ...

Last month, the team behind the Gordon Parks Foundation announced the launch of its Legacy Initiative, which will acquire works by mid- and late-career artists connected to Parks’ life and legacy.

A posthumous anthology of photo essays by the curator and art historian reveals the “troubling reality” of prejudice and the power of images to “undermine the very concept of difference.” By Holly ...

A new exhibition of the work of Gordon Parks, a photographer renowned for documenting African American life, turns its focus on Parks’ exploration of Black religion and spirituality. “Although Gordon ...

The re-release and exhibition of Gordon Parks’ “Born Black” bring new relevance to the famed photographer’s perspective on Black American life. The late Gordon Parks — director, composer, memoirist, ...