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By: Riley Shill GORDON PARKS (1912-2006)

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By: Riley Shill

GORDON PARKS(1912-2006)

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"THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE A CAMERA SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND, THERE'S

SOMETHING THEY WANT TO SHOW, SOMETHING THEY WANT TO SAY..." (PARKS)

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BIOGRAPHY

• Born Nov 30, 1912 in Fort Scott Kansas

• Attended a segregated elementary school

• Three white boys threw him in a river when he was 11

• His mother died when he was 15 and then ran away from home

• Parks spent his last night at home sleeping next to his mother’s coffin, facing his own fear of death

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• Married and divorced three times: Sally Alvis, Elizabeth Campbell, Genevieve Young

• He had four children

• He died of cancer in 2006 in New York City at age 93

BIOGRAPHY (CONT.)

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• Also a film director, musician, poet, journalist, and activist

• Directed several Hollywood movies

• Jazz pianist

• Civil Rights Activist

• Most known for his pronoun career in photography

PERSONAL LIFE

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EARLY CAREER

• At 25 he bought his first camera for $12.50

• Encouraged by Marva Louis to move to Chicago in 1940

• Began as a freelance photographer

• Everything from fashion to the depression of Chicago’s slums

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PHOTOGRAPHY CAREER

• Freelance photographer in Chicago for 4 years

• By 1944, Parks was the only black photographer working for Vogue

• Only black photographer working for Life by 1948

• Sent by Life to Europe and across the US photographing the civil rights movement

• Known as an American Gothic

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INFLUENCES

• Influenced by the civil rights movement across the world especially in America

• Poverty in ghettos and slums

• Wanted to raise awareness to the rest of the world

• Wanted to break barriers and stereotypes

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WHO DID GORDON PARKS INFLUENCE?

• Brought awareness to:

- Civil Rights Movement

- Poverty in inner cities

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INFLUENCE ON PHOTOGRAPHY

• Style is known as “American Gothic”

• Changed the general mood that people see photography

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“Photography is my weapon…” (Parks)

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o Emphasizes emotion and mood of those who were in poverty

o Responding to the repeated racism in public buildings

o Rule of odds, shape

“AMERICAN GOTHIC, WASHINGTON D.C.”

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o Ella Watson and her family in 1942o Demonstrates struggle poverty stricken families

had to go through during that time

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“Emerging Man” shot in Harlem

in 1952

Emphasizes emotion

by focusing on his

eyes

Spot, line, shape

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Appeals to audiences emotion by focusing on their faces

Tells a story of sadness and hardships with kids’ emotions

Golden Spiral, Rule of Thirds, Rule of Odds, Line

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Did not so much influence another art form, rather he raised overall awareness by the public of racism, poverty, and civil rights

Other influences…

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• Parks once said…

“The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.”

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OTHER INTERESTING INFO

• In 1972, Parks received the Spingarn Medal given by the NAACP

• Received over 20 doctorates in his lifetime

• Was the first prominent African American director in Hollywood

• Was good friends with boxer Muhammad Ali

• Was the godfather of Malcom X’s daughter

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WORKS CITED

• Grundberg, Andy. "Gordon Parks, a Master of the Camera, Dies at 93." New York Times, 8 Mar. 2006. Web. 9 Jan. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/08/arts/design/08parks.html?pagewanted=all>.

• "Gordon Parks." NNDB Mapper. Web. 9 Jan. 2012. <http://www.nndb.com/people/248/000027167/>.

• Gale Cengage Learning. "Gordon Parks." Gale.cengage.com. Gale. Web. 11 Jan. 2012. <http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/parks_g.htm>.

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WORKS CITED (CONT.)

• "Legends Online." Pdngallery.com. PDN & Kodak Professionals. Web. 9 Jan. 2012. <http://pdngallery.com/legends/parks/intro_set.shtml>.

• "Gordon Parks." Mastersofphotography.com. Masters of Photography. Web. 11 Jan. 2012. <http://www.masters-of-photography.com/P/parks/parks_watson.html>.