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Dressed: The History of Fashion

Gordon Parks: The Man of Many Hats (Dressed Classic)

Dressed: The History of Fashion

Dressed Media

Arts, History, Society & Culture, Fashion & Beauty

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was one of the 20th and 21st centuries great luminaries, most famous for his prolific career as a photojournalist for LIFE magazine. A man of many talents, this week we explore his unlikely career as a fashion photographer by revisiting an episode from 2018. 

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season eight and on new dress people in the world. We all have one thing in common. Every day, we all get dressed.

1:29.0

Welcome to Dressed, the history of fashion, a podcast where we explore the who-what-win of

1:34.1

why we wear. We are fashion historians and your host, Cassidy Zachary, and April Callahan.

1:41.4

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that when most people hear the name

1:45.6

Gordon Parks, the first thing that comes to mind is not fashion photography, Cass. I'm going to have

1:52.4

to agree with you. However, this world-renowned 20th century luminary is often referred to as a Renaissance

1:58.9

man. He was a poet, a best-selling novelist, and memoirist.

2:03.1

He wrote several autobiographies throughout his lifetime.

2:06.1

He was a gifted pianist and composer.

2:08.1

He was a Hollywood director.

2:10.1

He directed five films that include the groundbreaking 1971 film Shaft.

2:14.6

But what Gordon was actually most famous for in terms of his work life was being a

2:19.3

photojournalist for Life magazine. And he was a self-taught photographer who brought a face to

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