Principles of Design - Variety

Principles of Design - Unity

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Lens Blog Picture Comments

Documenting the Blues in the Mississippi Delta

This photo shows the mutual connection that they shared through music back then. It also shows the unity between the two individuals and how they share a bond. Another thing I noticed is a show of similar interests as they are both playing electrical guitars.

Principles of Design - Rythm

Edits: increased exposure, increased contrast, decreased blacks, increased sharpness/luminance.

Movie Monday - Half Past Autumn Part 3 and 4

1. What is your definition of successful? Being happy and earning a living doing what I love.
2. What have you given up to become successful? I have lost multiple opportunities in order to do what I have to do in order to become successful and reach my goal.
3. What did Parks give up to become successful? He gave up his family and wife.
4. Who was Genevieve Young's father? He was UN.
5. How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)? $10,000
6. How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam? $500,00
7. Why did Parks refuse the money? he thought that Elijah was going to try to influence him and didn't want to represent something he didn't believe in. 
8. What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree? it was the first major movie production 
9. What was significant about the character Shaft? Shaft was a black superhero. 
10. What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons? 35mm camera 
11. What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce? They divorced due to the turmoil that he was in.
12. In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same story? 12 years a slave
13. Who was Gordon Parks jr? Gordon Parks Jr. was his son.
14. What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo? American Gothic 
15. What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years? His dedication to achieve his idea of success

Principles of Design - Proportion

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Principles of Design - Pattern & Repetition

Edits: increased exposure, decreased saturation, increased contrast, increased shadows

Principles of Design - Movement

Principles of Design - Emphasis

Principles of Design - Balance

Elements of Art - Texture

Elements of Art - Color

Elements of Art - Shape

Elements of Art - Line

Elements of Art - Form

Half Past Autumn - Gordon Parks pt 1

1. On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life? He put Gordon in a tub of ice. 
2. Where was Gordon born? (what state?) Kansas
3. What did Gordon's college adviser, Ms. McClintock tell him about college? She told him that very few Negroes make it to college.
4. How old was Gordon when his mother died? 15
5. Where did Gordon move after his mother died? Minnesota
6. Did Gordon graduate from college? yes
7. How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career? Began his career by going to Frank Murphy's and telling them that he wanted to shoot fashion.
8. What is a "double exposure?" the repeated exposure of a photographic plate or film to light (often producing ghost images.)
9. Who was boxer Joe Louis? an American Professional Boxer
10. What instrument did Gordon play? piano
11. What was the purpose of the Farm Security Agency? an effort during the Great Depression to combat rural poverty in America.
12. When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in Washington, D.C.? Stryker told Gordon to get a topcoat 
13. Who was Ella Watson? a pioneer of Wyoming who became known as Cattle Kate.
14. What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?
15. What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography?