Gordon Parks

 1. His photo essay on the life of a Harlem gang leader won him acclaim and a position as the first African American photographer for Life.

2. Other than photography, Parks did musical composition and painted.

PITTSBURGH GREASE PLANT, 1944/46

3. I like this picture Parks took because it really helps convey a message that change was needed. The man looks unhappy and the conditions he is working in don't look good.

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