Birth Name: Gordon Alexander Parks
Occupation: Photographer
Place Of Birth: KS
Date Of Birth: November 30, 1912
Date Of Death: March 7, 2006
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Black
Nationality: American
Gordon Parks was born on the 30th of November, 1912. He was known for being a Photographer. Photographer and writer remembered for his work for Life magazine. Also a film director, he became known for his popular 1971 film Shaft.
Gordon Parks was born in KS. In his mid twenties, he began a career as a fashion photographer. He later produced a series of photographs documenting the harsh social realities of Chicago’s South Side. His famous 1940s photographs include “Car Loaded with Furniture on Highway” and “Dinner Time at Mr. Hercules Brown’s Home, Somerville, Maine.”
Gordon Parks was a Sagittarius and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Gordon Parks was born in 1910s. The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism. Discover what happened on this day.
Gordon Alexander Parks is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Gordon Parks was born in the Year of the Rat.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Gordon Alexander Parks |
| NICKNAME: | Gordon |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Sagittarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Saturday |
| DEATH DAY: | Tuesday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Gordon Parks was a Sagittarius. People of this zodiac sign like freedom, travel, philosophy, being outdoors and dislike clingy people, constrained, off-the-wall theories. The strengths of this sign are being generous, idealistic, sense of humor, while weaknesses can be to promise more than can deliver, impatient and say anything no matter how undiplomatic. The greatest overall compatibility with Sagittarius is Gemini and Aries.
Chinese Zodiac: Gordon Parks was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are clever and charming. They're curious, but sometimes too motivated by money.
Ruling Planet: Gordon Parks had a ruling planet of Jupiter and has a ruling planet of Jupiter and by astrological associations Thursday is ruled by Jupiter. This planet represents abundance, prosperity and the principle of expansion. People who are born with Jupirer as the ruling planet are optimistic and have a big appetite for life.
Gordon Parks’s birth sign is Sagittarius and he had a ruling planet of Jupiter.
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