- 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.
- Where was
Gordon born? (what state?) - Parks was born in Fort Scott, Kansas.
- 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.
- How old
was Gordon when his mother died? - Parks was 15.
- Where did
Gordon move after his mother died? - Parks moved to St. Pauls, Minnesota
to live with his aunt.
- Did Gordon
graduate from college? - Yes, from Princeton.
- 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.
- What is a
"double exposure?" - A double exposure has two exposures
which seem to create one image.
- Who was
boxer Joe Louis? - Joe Louis is was a heavy weight boxing champion, whose
wife, Marva, convinced Parks to move to Chicago.
- What
instrument did Gordon play? - Parks played the piano.
- What was
the purpose of the Farm Security Administration? - FSA was created to help
combat American rural poverty during the Depression.
- 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.
- Who was
Ella Watson? - Ella Watson, an African American in the FSA, was the
subject of Parks' American Gothic.
- 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.
- What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography? - Stryker taught Gordon how to approach his subjects.
- When did the FSA shut down? - FSA shut down in 1943.
- After Gordon moved to New York, what magazine did he shoot for? - Gordon shot for Vogue.
- 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.
- What was the first major story Parks covered for Life Magazine? - The first major story Parks covered was Crime Across America.
- 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.
- How did Parks shoot fashion when he lived in France? - Parks shot fashion by making the model move with him.
- Where was Parks' concerto performed? - Parks- concerto was performed in Venice.
- Who was Parks' second wife? (Who was her father? What did she do?) - Parks second wife was Elizabeth Campbell, a model.
- How old was Flavio de Silva when Parks met him? - Flavio was 12.
- When did Parks meet Flavio? - Parks met Flavio when climbing the slopes of Rio de Janeiro.
- Where did Flavio live when Parks first met Flavio and his family? - Flavio lived in a small shack.
- 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.
- How did Vanderbilt describe their relationship? - Vanderbilt said that they had a lot of love and respect for each other in their relationship.
- What is your definition of successful? - My definition of success in achieving a goal you have set your mind to.
- What have you given up to become successful? - In order to become successful I have given up some of my free time.
- 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.
- Who was Genevieve Young's father? - Young's father was UN .
- How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)? - Parks advance was $10,000.
- How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam? - Muhammad offered Parks ________________.
- Why did Parks refuse the money? - Parks refused the money because __________.
- What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree? - The movie was significant because it made Parks Hollywood's first major black director.
- What was significant about the character Shaft? - Shaft was significant because he was a black private detective.
- What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons? - Parks' choice of weapons was a book about his life.
- What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce? - The reason was __________.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Monday, March 2, 2015
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