Principles of Design - Variety

My group chose photo 6 from the Lens Blog post titled "Documenting the Blues in the Mississippi Delta." This photo exhibits variety because it uses several Principles of Design. The photo primarily shows elements of balance, proportion, and variety. The clutter in the background and pots of stew in the foreground help exhibit variety in the photo.

Movie Monday Half Past Autumn Part 3 and 4

1. What is your definition of successful?
   I define successful as being able to persevere through hardships to achieve an ultimate goal. I believe that hard work is what makes people successful.
2. What have you given up to become successful?
   I have given up lots of time to study and do homework to be successful in school. I spend lots of my free time working on education-related work to be successful.
3. What did Parks give up to become successful?
   Parks had to give up his African American pride to be the first black man to work as a staff photographer at Life Magazine and produce a film. 
4. Who was Gloria Vanderbilt's father?
   Reginald Claypoole Vanderbiltoo 
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?
   $10,000
7. Why did Parks refuse the money?
   He did not agree with Muhammad's philosophies. 
8. What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree?
   The Learning Tree was the first major Hollywood film to be directed by an African American.
9. What was significant about the character Shaft?
   Shaft was a black superhero that was a reflection of Gordon Park's character. He inspired other African Americans to not be limited by racial stigma. 
10. What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons?
    His camera
11. What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce?
    She stated that life with Gordon was too hectic and unorganized for her. 
12. In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same story?
    The recent feature film that told the same story as Solomon Northrup's Odyssey is 12 Years a Slave. 
13. Who was Gordon Parks, jr?
    Gordan Parks, jr was the son of Gordon Parks and a Hollywood film director that produced the film Super Fly. He was following the footsteps of his father but died in a tragic plane crash. 
14. What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo?
    My favorite Gordon Parks photo is the one titled Segregation Story. I like this photo because it accurate depicts the racial segregation that African Americans faced during Gordan Park's time. 
15. What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years?
    In ten years, I will remember that Gordon Parks was a successful African American photographer that stood up against racial stigma. 

Principles of Design - Rhythm

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Principles of Design - Variety

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Principles of Design - Proportion

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Temperature: +7

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Principles of Design - Pattern

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Saturation: +4.5

Principles of Design - Repetition

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Principles of Design - Emphasis

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Principles of Design - Movement

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Principles of Design - Balance

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Elements of Art - Form

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Clarity: -1

Elements of Art - Space

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Elements of Art - Color

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Contrast: +1.3

Clarity: -0.5

Elements of Art - Shape

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Vibrance: +5.5

Elements of Art - Texture

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Contrast: +15

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Half Past Autumn - Gordan Parks pt 1

1. On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life?
   The doctor dumped Gordon into a bucket of ice water and rubbed him against the ice.
   Gordan started wailing afterwards.
2. Where was Gordon born? (what state?)
   Gordon was born on a farm in Kanas.
3. What did Gordon's class adviser, Ms. McClintock, tell him about college?
   Ms. McClintock told himthat he was wasting his parent's money if he wanted to go to college. She also said that very few Negros went to college and that he was not college material.
4. How old was Gordon when his mother died?
   Gordon was 15 years old.
5. Where did Gordon move after his mother died?
   Gordon moved to Minnesota to live with his sister after his mother died.
6. Did Gordon graduate from college?
   Gordon never graduated from college and didn't even finish highschool.
7. How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career?
   Gordon began his fashion photography career by convincing the owner of a women's clothing store in St. Paul to hire him as a fashion photographer. His work impressed Marva Louis who later encouraged him to move to a larger city.
8. What is a "double exposure?"
   Double exposure is the superimposition of two or more exposures to create a single image.
9. Who was boxer Joe Louis?Joe Louis was a famous boxer who was also the husband of Marva Louis, the owner of the women's clothing store in St. Paul.
10. What instrument did Gordon play?
    Gordon played the piano. 
11. What was the purpose of the Farm Security Administration?
    The FSA was created to educate society about the conditions that people lived in during the Great Depression. 
12. When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in Washington, D.C.?
    Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in Washing, D.C. was "American Gothic," 1942. 
13. Who was Ella Watson?
    Ella Watson was was the women who Gordon Parks photographed for his most famous photograph, American Gothic. 
14. What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?
    The inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic came fom what is now referred to as the American Gothic House.
15. What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography?
    Gordon learned how to fight the evil of poetry as well as the evil of racism within a camera.