Gordon Parks
How the Photographer Captured Black and White America
Published on 26. January 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-0-8075-3015-3 (ISBN)
Description
Gordon Parks is most famous for being the first black director in Hollywood. But before he made movies and wrote books, he was a poor African American looking for work. When he bought a camera, his life changed forever. He taught himself how to take pictures and before long, people noticed.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Morton Grove
United States
Target group
US School Grade: Preschool, Reading Age: From 4 to 8 years, Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Picture book
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 204 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
126 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8075-3015-3 (9780807530153)
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Persons
Carole Boston Weatherford is the author of several acclaimed poetry collections and poetic biographies, including Sugar Hill and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, winner of a Caldecott Honor, the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration, and the NAACP Image Award. She teaches at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina.