Variety of the Fittest

Photo 4

This photo has a variety of pictures and symbols that show that this person still likes the black and white lifestyle. The beer and food posters represent the white lifestyle. The pictures on top represent the black ways such as Malcolm. X. 


X marks the spot ;)

Principles of Design: Structure and Emphasis

The structure of the Thinking Statue gave contrast to this basic picture. The colors of the bush, sky, and bell tower all blends in together with the statue.

Exposure: 15
Contrast: 25
Highlights: 15
Shadows: 12
Whites: 0.1
Blacks: 1
Clarity: 4.9

Principles of Design: Proportion

This picture shows many bushes that look the same height but in reality they are not.


Exposure: +27
Contrast: +56
Highlights: +45
Shadows: +5
Whites: +34
Blacks: -14
Clarity: +67

Movie Monday Half Past August- Part 3-4

1. What is your definition of successful?
2. What have you given up to become successful?
3. What did Parks give up to become successful?
4. Who was Genevieve Young's father?
5. How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)?
6. How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam?
7. Why did Parks refuse the money?
8. What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree?
9. What was significant about the character Shaft?
10. What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons?
11. What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce?
12. In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same story?
13. Who was Gordon Parks, jr?
14. What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo?
15. What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years?

1. My definition of success is to be able to be doing what I love to do.
2. I have not given up anything because I am not successful yet. 
3. Parks gave up his relationships to become successful. 
4. He was a UN Ambassador for Great Britain, USA, and France.
5. Parks only wrote 7 pages of his book and he was offered $10,000 for those 7 pages.
6.  Parks refused the money because Parks was afraid that Muhammad would influence him if he did do the story.
7. Parks refused the money because Parks was afraid that Muhammad would influence him if he did do the story.
8. The move The Learning Tree is significant because Parks was Hollywood's first black director.
9. Shaft was a black superhero that many African American people looked up to.
10. Gordon Parks chose his 35 millimeter camera as his weapon. 
11. Genevieve Young said that they probably divorced because of the turmoil that Gordon was in at that time.
12. The recent film with the same story is called Twelve Years A Slave.
13. Gordon Parks Jr. is Gordon Parks son.
14. My favorite Gordon Parks picture is American Gothic.
15. In 10 years, I will remember Gordon Parks as a activist that successfully protested and brought light to problems in America. I will remember his trip to Brazil and sharing his relationship with Flavio, and I will remember the hard work and dedication he put into his work to make it unique. 

Elements of Art Color

contrast: 4
white:-14
black: 13

Gordon Parks Period 3

Gordon Parks

1. On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life?
   The doctor plunged his body into an icy tub of water.
2. Where was Gordon born? (what state?)
   He was born in Kansas.
3. What did Gordon's college adviser, Ms. McClintock tell him about college?
   She said he shouldn't even try to attend college, that it was a waste of his parents' money, and that very few Negros ever went.
4. How old was Gordon when his mother died?
   Gordon was fourteen.
5. Where did Gordon move after his mother died?
   He went to live with some relatives. but was soon kicked to the curb to live on his own.
6. Did Gordon graduate from college?
   Yes.
7. How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career?
   He went to Frank Murphy's and straight up told them he wanted to photograph fashion.
8. What is a "double exposure?"
   It's the repeated exposure of a photo, which usually means the photo looks like a ghost image.
9. Who was boxer Joe Louis?
   He was an American professional boxer and a World Champion in the heavyweight category.
10. What instrument did Gordon play?
    He played the piano, and composed classical pieces.
11. What was the purpose of the Farm Security Administration?
    Their purpose was to combat American rural poverty.
12. When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in Washington, D.C.?
13. Who was Ella Watson?
    An African American cleaning lady whom Gordon photographed.
14. What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?
    His inspiration is what is now known as the American Gothic House.
15. What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography?
    He learned about humanity, and how to approach people. He also learned the people in front of the camera are always more important than the photographer her/himself.