Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective

by Gordon Parks, Philip Brookman, Corcoran Gallery of Art

Book Overview

At age 84 Gordon Parks is regarded by many as a living legend - photographer, film-maker, novelist, poet and composer whose life and work present an inspiring success story. In this volume the artist... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821225510
• ISBN13: 9780821225516
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Bulfinch Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 10.0" x 12.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up

Customer Reviews

The Learning Tree

I wish Gordon Parks had written a sequel to the Learning Tree. I would've liked to find out what happened to Newt Winger after he had to leave his hometown after his mother died, and went to live with his sister in the big city.

Definitely BUY This Book!

I first saw / read this book at my local public library. I knew than that I MUST have this book! VERY interesting, well written, educational, excellent pictures!

photojournalism master

mr. parks' book is autobiographical in photo and text. the book reveals his journey to becoming a documentor of turbulent times during his career. this is a must purchase.

A Great Book by a Great Photographer

Buy this book and see the wonderful and varied career of Gordon Parks. See the world through this stunning photographer's eyes, and you will never see the world the same again. Then buy *A Choice of Weapons* and find out how this man came to create these masterworks. Everyone knows his genius as a photographer, filmmaker, and composer, but people may not know that he is a master memoirist as well. Put this book and *A Choice of Weapons* on your Christmas list!

learned so much in one day

Seeing the exhibit was the most wonderful day of my life. Getting the book was the next best day. I am not sure if another photographer so talented in all fields will ever appear again. Raad A Choice of Weapons also by Gordon Parks, it will help reinforce the Retrospective.

Superb account of the world he's experienced!

Through his poetry and photographs, Parks does an excellent job of allowing the reader to some into the world he has experienced over the years. You feel like you've gone off on assignment with him and like you've have expericned the bigotry first hand. The messages he conveys through his work were way ahead of his time, but right on time in today's world. His intelligence brightly shines through both his photographs and poetry. The narratives, photographs and poetry all make for an outstanding compilation of his feelings and views on the world. Marvelous!