Principals of Design: Unity

"Documenting the Blues in the Mississippi Delta"

My group chose this photo from the New York Times Lens Blog. This photo documents a lot of variety while using the rule of thirds. My eyes are captured by the struggling fish in the net which may seem like moving water at first.

Principal of Design: Variety

Principal of Design: Rhythm

Movie Monday Half Past Autumn Part 3 &4

1. What is your definition of successful? My definition of successful is being happy and proud of your own work and while trying the best you could have possibly done. 
2. What have you given up to become successful? I have given up a lot of my free, personal time in order to be successful in school. Schoolwork is extremely time consuming and occupies a majority of my time, but it is something I must give up in order to be successful. 
3. What did Parks give up to become successful? Parks gave up many things in life to become successful 
4. Who was Genevieve Young's father? Her father was Mr. Young
5. How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)? He was very skilled and had ablot of knowledge upon writing his book and eventually selling it. 
6. How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam? 5 million dollars. 
7. Why did Parks refuse the money? He didn't want to be controlled by Muhammad. 
8. What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree? The movie was significant because it was his first movie ever produced. This movie was produced based upon the novel, The Learning Tree. 
9. What was significant about the character Shaft? Shaft incorporated the idea of having an African American superhero in the streets of Manhattan and was used to show how racism could not affect someone who had a passion. This was also Park's second film. 
10. What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons? A Choice of Weapons was an autobiography written by Gordon Parks' that described the life of a young African American man who faced obstacles of resisting weapons along with economic and racial injustices. 
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? 12 Years a Slave told the same story as Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. 
13. Who was Gordon Parks, jr? Gordon Parks Jr. was Gordon Parks' eldest son and was also and AMerican film director. 
14. What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo? This is my favorite Gordon Parks photo. 
15. What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years? In ten years, I will remember Gordon Parks as a significant individual who gave up a lot in order to pursue his dreams of photography and film. Parks is a dedicated and strong man who had goals in life and would do anything in order to reach them. 

Principal of Design: Proportion

principals of Design, Repetition

Principals of Design, Pattern

Principals of Design: Movement

Principal of Design, Emphasis

Principals of Design: Balance

Elements of Art: Texture

Elements of Art : Color

Elements of Art: Form

Movie Monday Half Past Autumn Part 1 & 2

Born November 1912, Gordon Parks was born dead but was given life when a young white doctor dipped him in an icy cold tub of water.

He was born in Kansas.

She told him that black people rarely go to college because they are simply "not college material".

Gordon Parks was 15 when his mother died.

His mother's dying wish was for him to move to Minnesota to live with his sister. 

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He walked into Frank Murphy's store, a high end store for women's clothing, asking to shoot models.

Double exposure is when the camera shutter is opened more than once in order to get subsequent images over the original.

After shooting the photos for Frank Murphy, he caught the attention of Marva Louis, wife of the famous boxer Joe Louis.

Gordon Parks played the piano.

The purpose was to document rural conditions and to promote the programs of the RA.

He assigned Gordon Parks to go to high end stores in Washington D.C. He was smacked with the racial segregation in D.C.

She was the model in the famous picture by Gordon Parks, American Gothic 

Gordon Park's version of the American Gothic inspired Grant Wood to take a similar picture also known as American Gothic

He learned how to approach people as well as that the people in front of the picture are more important than the person behind the photo.