01372cam a2200265 4500 1147859239 TxAuBib ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2014034300 9780807530177 hbk. 0807530174 hbk. TxAuBib Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-, author. Gordon Parks : How the Photographer Captured Black and White America / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrations by Jamey Christoph. Chicago, IL : Albert Whitman & Company, [2015] 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm. Gordon Parks is most famous for being the first black director in Hollywood. But before he made movies and wrote books, he was a poor African American looking for work. When he bought a camera, his life changed forever. He taught himself how to take pictures and before long, people noticed.-- (Source of description not identified.) Parks, Gordon 1912-2006. African American photographers Biography Juvenile literature. African American photographers. Photographers United States Biography Juvenile literature. Photographers. United States. Christoph, James, illustrator.