Gordon Parks was a pioneer for photojournalists everywhere. His raw, unique eye for moments all told a story within an image. Born in segregated Fort Scott, KS youngest of 15 children, Parks was a self-taught master of Photography. During his long career, he managed to capture the images of people from musicians like Duke Ellington and Busta Rhymes, writer Richard Wright, brother Malcolm X, and many others. Capturing story after story while also appealing to the visual eye. He broke boundaries by being a prominent photographer in an America that was not very tolerant of people of color. He worked for the Farmer Security Association, Life Magazine, and Vogue, being featured as the first black photographer in both publications, and Ebony Magazine. He often photographed themes of poverty, racism in the civil rights era, and even did fashion photography. Overall, Gordon Park’s photos all told us stories, stories that will live on in his images for centuries to come, of a time when life was as hard as it ever will be and taught us the power of a single story.