Pioneering Photographer Gordon Parks Dies at 93

Published March 8, 2006 at 1:18 PM EST

Photographer and film director Gordon Parks died Tuesday at the age of 93. We remember his works and impact on the world of photography.

Guests:

Deb Willis, professor of photography and imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU and author of Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present

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