Shawn Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Obituary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigwise Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 R.I.P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Sad indeed, but his most lasting impact should be as a photographer. Films were frosting on the cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Sad indeed, but his most lasting impact should be as a photographer. Films were frosting on the cake. ...as well as author, composer, husband, father and son but I would agree with Chuck that he would be best known for his wonderful photography....hell of a guy...RIP! Many nice books out there as well as a couple bios. m~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 I remember him being a semi-regular guest on Art Linkletter's House Party in the 1960s. When I got older, I became aware of just how tuff he really was. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasta Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 God let us have Gordon for 93 years before calling him home, we were Blessed. Mr Parks, thanks for making this a better world full of wonderful art- Rest now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 I had no idea he had a bit part in the Shaft re-make they did a few years back. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 What an amazing legacy to have left us. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 (edited) Gordon Parks' most famous image (American Gothic, 1942) Gordon Parks images Edited March 8, 2006 by brownie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted March 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Thanks for adding that link...stunning work, heartbreaking. I love the photo of the "Colored Only" entrance to the department store, it's such a juxtaposition with how elegant & refined the lady and her daughter are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Burke Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 no mention yet of A Choice of Weapons. mandatory reading for any American, i think... thanks for making Kansas proud, Gordon. - Brandon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 no mention yet of A Choice of Weapons. mandatory reading for any American, i think... thanks for making Kansas proud, Gordon. - Brandon I agree, 1st book of his I read....wonderful!!! m~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted March 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 I lived in Fort Scott KS from 1979-1983...the main thing I remember were the brick streets. I had no idea he was from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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