Unity

Temperature: +24

Tint: +54

Exposure: -74

Contrast: +98

Highlights: +15

Shadow: +65

Whites: -31

Blacks: -8

Clarity: +95

Vibrance: - 65
Saturation: +65

This picture shows unity because it shows balance proportion and repetition.

Variety

Temperature: +65

Tint: -15

Exposure: -67

Contrast: -58

Highlights: +13

Shadow: +65

Whites: -64

Blacks: +8

Clarity: +15

Vibrance: -6
Saturation: 0

This picture shows variety because it has balance, and proportion.

Lens

Our picture

We picked this picture from Lens because it represents variety. We see many different elements of art in this picture. We see lines on the wall, pattern and repetition in the bricks and chair, proportion in the trailer and texture on the ground.

Rhythm

Temperature: +10

Tint: +16

Exposure: -1.45

Contrast: +58

Highlights: +33

Shadow: +27

Whites: -2

Blacks: -40

Clarity: +100

Vibrance: -8
Saturation: +41

This picture shows rhythm because it has lines, texture, and pattern. The lines are shown with the break of each brick, the texture is seen on the brick, and the pattern is in the way the bricks are laid.

Proportion

Temperature: +12

Tint: -33

Exposure: +3

Contrast: -0.2

Highlights: +39

Shadow: -47

Whites: -90

Blacks: +45

Clarity: +100

Vibrance: -3

Saturation: +46

This picture shows proportion because you can see the fence below and on top of the pole.

Repetition

Temperature: +15

Tint: +3

Exposure: +70

Contrast: +40

Highlights: +16

Shadow: +41

Whites: -9

Blacks: +6

Clarity: +60

Vibrance: +16

Saturation: +4

This picture shows repetition because the pattern of the bricks is repeated.

Pattern

Temperature: +14

Tint: +43

Exposure: -12

Contrast: +23

Highlights: +33

Shadow: +14

Whites: -53

Blacks: -20

Clarity: +99

Vibrance: -92

This picture shows pattern because of the repeating pattern of dots on the table.

Movement

Temperature: +86

Tint: -54

Exposure: +60

Contrast: +49

Highlights: +52

Shadow: +9

Whites: +7

Blacks: +66

Clarity: +80

Vibrance: +82

Saturation: +16

This picture shows movement because your eyes travel from the stair railing, to the bright corner, to the pine cone.

Emphasis

Temperature: +6

Tint: +1.9

Exposure: +8

Contrast: -8

Highlights: +8

Shadow: -8

Whites: +9

Blacks: +67

Clarity: +78

Vibrance: -7

Saturation: +3

This picture shows emphasis, because even though it is a picture of a bench, the emphasis is on the boots.

Balance

Temperature: +27

Tint: +9

Exposure: -9

Contrast: +37

Highlights: +11

Shadow: +46

Whites: -10

Blacks: +5

Clarity: +19

Vibrance: +7

Saturation: -6

This picture shows balance, because each quadrant of the picture is the same.

Texture

Temperature: +6

Tint: +31

Exposure: +8

Contrast: +9

Highlights: +9

Shadow: -9

Whites: +2

Blacks: +0.4

Clarity: +19

Vibrance: +27

Saturation: +9

The tanbark in this picture represents texture, because of its roughness and unevenness.

Color

Temperature: +8

Tint: -5

Exposure: +6

Contrast: +7

Highlights: +60

Shadow: -2.4

Whites: -2.9

Blacks: +9

Clarity: +5

Vibrance: +19

Saturation: +20

This picture represents color, because in the midst of the green grass, my shoes appear in the corner, and they are the chosen color, red.

Space

Temperature: +25

Tint: +21

Exposure: +6

Contrast: +14

Highlights: +29

Shadow: +90

Whites: -22

Blacks: +2

Clarity: +50

Vibrance: +34

Saturation: +9

This picture depicts space, because of all there is to see through the branches of the tree.

Form

Temperature: +80

Tint: -94

Exposure: +35

Contrast: +63

Highlights: +1.3

Shadow: -30

Whites: +35

Blacks: -65

Clarity: +78

Vibrance: +5

Saturation: +25

This picture represents form because of the way the bush stand out from the surrounding red bark.

Shape

Temperature: +13

Tint: +2.4

Exposure: +5

Contrast: +76

Highlights: +30

Shadow: +19

Whites: -51

Blacks: +0.8

Clarity: +84

Vibrance: +35

Saturation: 0.0

This picture shows shape, because the shape of the leaf really stands out from the surrounding, dried up leaves.

1. On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life? - The doctor puts Parks into a tub of cold ice water, saving his life.
2. Where was Gordon born? (what state?) - Parks was born in Fort Scott, Kansas.
3. What did Gordon's college adviser, Ms. McClintock tell him about college? - The adviser said that very few African Americans go to college and it wasn't worth his parents money.
4. How old was Gordon when his mother died? - Parks was 15.
5. Where did Gordon move after his mother died? - Parks moved to St. Pauls, Minnesota to live with his aunt.
6. Did Gordon graduate from college? - Yes, from Princeton.
7. How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career? -  Got a job in St. Paul, Minnesota for a women's clothing store owned by David Murphy.
8. What is a "double exposure?"  - A double exposure has two exposures which seem to create one image.
9. Who was boxer Joe Louis? - Joe Louis is was a heavy weight boxing champion, whose wife, Marva, convinced Parks to move to Chicago.
10. What instrument did Gordon play? - Parks played the piano.
11. What was the purpose of the Farm Security Administration? - FSA was created to help combat American rural poverty during the Depression.
12. When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in Washington, D.C.? - While Parks was in D.C. taking pictures of the FSA crew, hw took one of his most famous pictures the American Gothic.
13. Who was Ella Watson? - Ella Watson, an African American in the FSA, was the subject of Parks' American Gothic.
14. What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic? - Parks was inspired by the segregation he saw in restaurant and shops in D.C.
15. What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography? - Stryker taught Gordon how to approach his subjects.
16. When did the FSA shut down? - FSA shut down in 1943.
17.  After Gordon moved to New York, what magazine did he shoot for? - Gordon shot for Vogue.
18. Who was the picture editor of Life Magazine when Gordon walked into the Life Magazine office? - Wilson Hicks was the picture editor at Life Magazine at the time.
19. What was the first major story Parks covered for Life Magazine? - The first major story Parks covered was Crime Across America.
20. Who were some of the artists that Gordon Parks mentioned influenced his work after he moved to the Paris Life Magazine bureau?  - Some of the artists included De Gough, Picasso, and Van Gough.
21. How did Parks shoot fashion when he lived in France? - Parks shot fashion by making the model move with him.
22. Where was Parks' concerto performed? - Parks- concerto was performed in Venice.
23. Who was Parks' second wife? (Who was her father? What did she do?) - Parks second wife was Elizabeth Campbell, a model.
24. How old was Flavio de Silva when Parks met him? - Flavio was 12.
25. When did Parks meet Flavio? - Parks met Flavio when climbing the slopes of Rio de Janeiro.
26. Where did Flavio live when Parks first met Flavio and his family? - Flavio lived in a small shack.
27. How is Gloria Vanderbilt? Who is her famous son? Who are her ancestors? - Gloria was an author and artist, whose grandson was Anderson Cooper, and whose ancestors were rich railroad company owners.
28. How did Vanderbilt describe their relationship? - Vanderbilt said that they had a lot of love and respect for each other in their relationship.
29. What is your definition of successful? - My definition of success in achieving a goal you have set your mind to.
30. What have you given up to become successful? - In order to become successful I have given up some of my free time.
31. What did Parks give up to become successful? - Parks gave up marriage and a stable home, as his job often kept him on the move.
32. Who was Genevieve Young's father? - Young's father was UN .
33. How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)? - Parks advance was $10,000.
34. How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam? - Muhammad offered Parks ________________.
35. Why did Parks refuse the money? - Parks refused the money because __________.
36. What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree? - The movie was significant because it made Parks Hollywood's first major black director.
37. What was significant about the character Shaft? - Shaft was significant because he was a black private detective.
38. What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons? - Parks' choice of weapons was a book about his life.
39. What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce? - The reason was __________.
40. In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same story?  - The recent film with the same story is Twelve Years a Slave.
41. Who was Gordon Parks, jr?  - Gordon Parks Jr. was the son of Sally Alvis and Gordon Parks, and was shooting a film when he died.
42. What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo? - My favorite photo is an untitled picture in his Segregation Story exhibition. The picture was taken in Shady Grove, Alabama in 1956, and shoes a mother carrying a child.
43. What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years? - In ten years I will remember the impact Parks made as a major black photographer.