Gordon Parks is a legendary American photographer, filmmaker, and civil rights leader. His award-winning work in film and photography has been performed nationally and internationally in venues such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. In 1951, Parks was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for his photographic work. He received many awards in photography including a MacArthur Fellowship in 1981.
At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.Gordon Parks
I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand.Gordon Parks
