“I suffered first as a child from discrimination and poverty… So I think it was natural follow from that that I should use my camera to speak for people who are unable to speak for themselves.”
–Gordon Parks
Image Credit: Gordon Parks, Self-Portrait, 1941, gelatin silver print, 50.8 × 40.64 cm (20 × 16 in.), Private Collection. Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation
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