Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a noted American photographer, musician, writer and film director, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s—particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African-Americans—and in glamour photography. As the first famous pioneer among black filmmakers, he was the first African-American to produce and direct major motion pictures—developing films relating the experience of slaves and struggling black Americans, and creating the "blaxploitation" genre. He is best remembered for his iconic photos of poor Americans during the 1940s (taken for a federal government project), for his photographic essays for Life magazine, and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft. Parks also was an author, poet and composer.

I like his shooting style, feeling every photo has its own style and charm, he likes to shoot with personal characteristics of the characters, in my opinion, he shot everyone like a story book，In the modern has been difficult to find such a character close-up, and can not find such a classic character close-up, regardless of clothing in terms of modern has been difficult to find