Gordon Parks

I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in a sense, of knowing how to get close to people and talk to them and get my work done. ↗

— Gordon Parks

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I've been with Life now for seventeen years and I have written several articles for them and will be doing more writing and do at least two assignments a year besides my writing. ↗

— Gordon Parks

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The man at Kodak told me the shots were very good and if I kept it up, they would give me an exhibition. Later, Kodak gave me my first exhibition. ↗

— Gordon Parks

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Washington, D.C. in 1942 was not the easiest place in the world for a Negro to get along. ↗

— Gordon Parks

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So I went to Chicago in 1940, I think, '41, and the photographs that I made there, aside from fashion, were things that I was trying to express in a social conscious way. ↗

— Gordon Parks

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