{"product_id":"gordon-parks-i-am-you-selected-works-1934-1978-9783958291829","title":"Gordon Parks: I Am You: Selected Works 1934-1978","description":"Injustice, violence, the Civil Rights Movement, fashion and the arts--Gordon Parks captured half a century of the vast changes to the American cultural landscape in his multifaceted career. \u003ci\u003eI Am You: Selected Works 1934-1978\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the breadth of his work as the first African American photographer for \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e magazines as well as a filmmaker and writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReportage for major magazines dominated Parks' work from 1948 to 1972. He chronicled black America's struggle for equality, exposing the harsh realities of life in Harlem, institutionalized racism and shocking poverty. Parks was equally accomplished as a portraitist, capturing figures such as Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Duke Ellington and Ingrid Bergman. He turned his attention to film in the 1960s with social documentaries, as well as the cult classic \u003ci\u003eShaft\u003c\/i\u003e (1971). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume traces all the threads of Parks' achievement, examining the interaction between his photographic and filmic visions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordon Parks\u003c\/b\u003e (1912-2006) was born in Fort Scott, Kansas. He worked as a brothel pianist and railcar porter, among other jobs, before buying a camera at a pawnshop, training himself, and becoming a photographer. In addition to his tenures photographing for the Farm Security Administration (1941-45) and \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e (1948-72), Parks evolved into a modern-day Renaissance man, finding success as a film director, writer and composer. He wrote numerous memoirs, novels and poetry, and received many awards, including the National Medal of Arts and more than 50 honorary degrees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783958291829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.60h x 10.10w x 1.30d","brand":"Gordon Parks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750025130165,"sku":"9783958291829","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gordon-parks-i-am-you-selected-works-1934-1978-9783958291829","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}