DCist: Howard University Acquires Largest Collection Of Photographer Gordon Parks’ Work

By Editor On May 18, 2022 Last updated May 18, 2022

Howard University has acquired 252 photographs by Gordon Parks, the prolific photographer known for his work documenting Black America — including Black residents in D.C. Parks is considered one of the most groundbreaking American photographers of the 20th century, studied and emulated by everyone from college photography students to Kendrick Lamar.

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