A 1966 photo shows photographer Gordon Parks, who captured the struggles and triumphs of black America as a photographer for Life magazine before becoming a Hollywood director. (Adelaide De Menil / AP)
Photographer Gordon Parks in front of his work “American Gothic, Washington, D.C.” in 1999. (Marsha Halper / AP)
Gordon Parks signs autographs for fans and residents of Ft. Scott, Kan., while touring an exhibit of his work at Mercy Health Center in 2004. (Delores Johnson / AP)
Legendary photojournalist Gordon Parks hams it up for fellow photographers following a portrait session featuring himself and close to 100 other prominent African-American photographers in 2002 in the Harlem neighborhod of New York. (Suzanne Plunkett / AP)
