Gordon Parks was bourne in Fort Scott , Kansas on 30th November 1912 and lived until he was 93 on the 7th March 2006. He was married and divorced three times and had 4 children and five grandchildren. At the age of 15 after his mother's he left his home time and after a few jobs eventally jumped a train and settled in St Paul for a while. It was here at the age of 25 he got his first taste of photography. After getting some pictures developed, by his local photo clerks,which were taken with a camera he'd bought in a pawn shop for $12.50, on collecting them they commented to him how good there were and encouraged him to go for his first assignment with a womens clothing shop owned by a Frank Murphy. The photographs he took were by chance seen by a Marva Louis the wife of boxing heavy weight champion Joe Louis. She was so impressed by them that she persauded Parks to move to Chicago were he began his career in the portrait business photographing the society women of the day.
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