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Photographer

Gordon Parks, born on November 30, 1912, was an exceptional photographer, writer, and filmmaker. His work spanned a wide range of fields, from social documentary to fashion photography, and he is renowned for his profound social insight and artistic expression.

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“I was born to a black childhood of confusion and poverty. The memory of that beginning influences my work today, It is impossible now to photograph a hungry child without remembering the hunger of my old childhood.”

Children Today Remember Black Born Memories Poverty Impossible Influence Childhood Photograph Hunger Hungry Confusion

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“The photographer begins to feel big and bloated and so big he can't walk through one of these doors because he gets a good byline; he gets notices all over the world and so forth; but they're really - the important people are the people he photographs.”

People World Feels Important Bigs Walks Doors Photography Photographer Photograph

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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.”

Thinking Way Trying Made Social Fashion Conscious Photograph Chicago Social Service

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“If you don't have anything to say, your photographs aren't going to say much.”

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“I feel it is the heart, not the eye, that should determine the content of the photograph. What the eye sees is its own. What the heart can perceive is a very different matter.”

Feels Should Heart Different Matter Eye Photograph Determine Perceive

Book:Moments without proper names

Source: Moments without proper names

About the Author

Born: November 30, 1912
Died: March 7, 2006
Known for: Photographer
Quotes: 47

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