Gordon Parks Books

  • Flash Photography, 1947
  • Camera Portraits: Techniques and Principles of Documentary Portraiture, 1948
  • The Learning Tree, 1963
  • A Choice of Weapons, 1966
  • Gordon Parks: A Poet and His Camera, 1968
  • Born Black, 1971
  • Gordon Parks: In Love, 1971
  • Gordon Parks: Whispers of Intimate Things, 1971
  • Moments Without Proper Names, 1975
  • Flavio, 1978
  • To Smile in Autumn, 1979
  • Shannon, 1981
  • Voices in the Mirror: An Autobiography, 1990
  • Arias in Silence, 1994
  • Glimpses Towards Infinity, 1996
  • Gordon Parks Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective, 1997
  • A Star for Noon, 2000
  • The Sun Stalker, 2003
  • Eyes With Winged Thoughts, 2005
  • The Hungry Heart, 2005

Books, Articles & Videos -- About Gordon Parks

* denotes youth book

  • Berry, Skip. Gordon Parks: Black Americans of Achievement Series (Chelsea House, 1990)
  • Bush, Marti n H. The Photographs of Gordon Parks (Wichita State UnIversity, 1983)
  • Donloe, Darlene. Gordon Parks: Melrose Square Black Americans Series (Holloway House Publishing Co, 1992)*
  • Editors, Life Magazine. Great LIFE Photographers (Bullfinch, 2004)
  • Halpern, Daniel, ed. Anteus 61: Autumn 1988 (Ecco Press, 1988)
  • Harnan, Terry. Gordon Parks: Black Photographer & Filmmaker: Americans All (Garrard Pub Co, 1972)*
  • Parr, Ann. Gordon Parks: No Excuses (Pelican Publishing, 2006)*
  • Rice, Craig, et al. Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (video) (Home Box Office, 2001)
  • Schultz, Elizabeth. Dreams Deferred: The Personal Narratives of Four Black Kansans (American Studies 34.2, Fall 1993) pg. 25-52.
  • Turk, Midge. Gordon Parks (Ty Crowell Co, 1973)*