30 Black and White Photos That Show Beautiful Beach Fashions of the Early 1950s

Known internationally as a photographer of social justice issues, Gordon Parks was also a celebrated fashion photographer for magazine such as LIFE, Vogue and Glamour. In 1940, at the age of 28, Gordon Parks walked into Frank Murphy’s fashion department store in St. Paul, Minnesota. A self-taught photographer with no formal experience in fashion work, he boldly offered his services to photograph models wearing the store’s fashions. After some initial disagreement between the husband-wife co-owners, Parks w