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Weatherford, Carole Boston

Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America

32 pp. | Whitman | March, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8075-3017-7 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Jamey Christoph. Straightforward present-tense text presents the life of this groundbreaking African American photographer, whose iconic 1942 photo "American Gothic" became a symbol for civil rights. As a Farm Securities Administration photographer in Washington, DC, "Parks vows to lay bare racism with his lens." Illustrations recreating Parks's photographs appear throughout. Browns, tans, and yellows infuse the images with warmth; cooler hues catch the light.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2015