Gordon Parks was a noted American photographer who became well-known figure in the U.S documentary photojournalism in the 1940-1970s - particularly that involves in the issues of civil rights, poverty, glamour photography and portraits of African-Americans. He is also known for his iconic photo of poor Americans during the 1940s. He was inspired after seeing a portfolio of photographers in the picture magazines.
The meaning behind his photographs are to uncover the lives of the minorities. Racism and discrimination is a big issue (even till now). The expression through his subjects tells a story. The social impacts of Gordon Parks's photographs are to feature of how serious of black humanity in the past and their struggles against racism His photographs were framed in a way through the color 'Black&White' / monochrome. As featured, a pictures paints a thousand words, his photographs talks about it through visually. He was the voice of the black America.
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