Gordon parks and gloria vanderbilt

  • Vanderbilt: I was just actually looking in my diary, and Gordon and I met in April of 1954, and he came to photograph me for Life magazine.
  • Photographer Gordon Parks and Gloria Vanderbilt attend the 8th Annual 'Living Landmarks' gala at the Plaza Hotel, New York, New York, 2001.
  • They blossomed uh in their survival.

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    In 1968 Life magazine called Gloria Vanderbilt “a feminine version of the Renaissance Man.” She has had success as actor, author, artist, and designer. In 1976 she started her own ready-to-wear company, then left the fashion business to devote her time to art. Gloria is the author of four memoirs, two novels, and a contributor to many publications.

     

    "You can't just classify Gordon as an artist because he was so multi-talented. He changed the way we see things."

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    ANDERSON COOPER INTERVIEW
    A CHOICE OF WEAPONS: INSPIRED BY GORDON PARKS
    KUNHARDT FILM FOUNDATION

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    Anderson Cooper
    Journalist and friend
    Interviewed by John Maggio
    Total Running Time: 17 minutes and 10 seconds


    TRANSCRIPT

    01:00:10:03

    ANDERSON COOPER:

    I think—I’m pretty sure—I know my mom met Gordon on a photo shoot, I think it was for Life Magazine in the 1950’s. I can’t remember if it was in Paris or in New York; I’m not sure where the photo was taken. But I know I remember my mom saying that that was—I think that was the first time they actually met and hit it off, and there was a relationship that they had that, you know, lasted for the rest of their lives.

    01:00:35:23

    ANDERSON COOPER:

    And my mom’s—I went with my mom to Gordon’s funeral and she spoke at the funeral, and I grew up knowing Gordon Parks as, you know, as a family friend, as a close

  • gordon parks and gloria vanderbilt

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    July 16, 2000
    RELATIONS

    Gloria Vanderbilt + Gordon Parks

    Interview bygd JONATHAN VAN METER Photograph by MICHAEL O'NEILL


    Vanderbilt: I was just actually looking in my diary, and Gordon and inom met in April of 1954, and he came to photograph me for Life magazine. I was making my debut on the scen that summer.

    Parks: Then later, when you had your exhibition, inom came to photograph you again.

    Vanderbilt: Right, at an exhibition of my paintings. I lived in europe until inom was 9, really. inom had never seen a black individ or heard of a black individ or even knew that they existed. And then when inom came to live with my aunt in Old Westbury, inom never really -- igen, there was never any discussion of blacks. In New York growing up, you never saw a black individ on the street, you never saw a black person in the store, you never saw them in a restaurant. It just didn't exist. So when Gordon and inom met, it was really without any boundaries. First of all, he was dro