To Smile in Autumn: A Memoir

About this book

Gordon Parks was born with he says a stubborn need to be somebody. Though Parks is remembered most notably as a photographer and filmmaker on his enthralling climb to fame between 1944 and 1978 he was successful in many pursuits including journalism poetry and music. It was not always an easy journey but by thirty-six he had overcome many obstacles to become a photographer and writer for Life magazine. To Smile in Autumn is a candid revelation of a man in the prime of his life and career. This autobiography with a new foreword by Alexs Pate is a testament to a person much attuned to the greater world and driven to leave his mark on it.