Gordon Parks 1912--2006 Social critic was armed with lens. “I chose my camera as a weapon against all the things I dislike about America--poverty, racism, discrimination.” So said Gordon Parks in his searingly powerful 1966 autobiography “A Choice of Weapons,” a bold statement that aptly revealed two sides of this complex, brilliant and ultimately heroic artist: the outward anger against injustice and the love that lay beneath it. Both helped fuel his rise from Kansas rural poverty to world fame.Parks, who died Tuesday in his New York City home at the age of 93, was a true Renaissance man who had an astonishing array of gifts and talents. He excelled in many areas and lived an improbably full, inspiring and productive life.
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