Photography

1
Photography

• Gordon Parks

2
Gordon Parks

• Was a Photographer

3
Biography

• Gordon Parks was born the youngest in 1912 in
  Kansas to a poor, African-American family of 15
  children.
• His mom never let him use his race as an excuse
  because she had very high expectations for him.
• She always believed that Black people were equal
  to White People.

4
A Hard Life

• His mom passed away when he was young, so he went
  to live with his older sister.
• His sisters husband kicked him out because they
  didnt like each other.
• He slept in trolley cars, hung around pool halls,
  worked as a piano player, and was a waiter on a
  luxury train.

5
Gordon Parks

• He bought his first camera when he was 26, when
  he saw some pictures in a magazine about poor
  workers.

Photo by Dorthea Lange
6
Time Line
1912
1950s
1930s
1960s
2006
1970s
7
Gordon Parks

• He is most famous for his portraits.
• This one is his most famous.
• Does it remind you of another art work?

American Gothic, 1943
8
American Gothic by Grant Wood, 1930
American Gothic by Gordon Parks, 1942
9
Gordon Parks

• He endured much racism, but he never forgot what
  his mom told him.
• He got a job doing fashion photography for Vogue
  magazine

Paris, 1950
10
Gordon Parks

• He liked photographing beautiful models in
  beautiful places, but he wanted to tell stories
  with his camera.

Ingrid Bergman, 1949
11
Gordon Parks
One of the stories he wanted to tell was that of
the poor.
Beggar Woman and Child, Estoril, Portugal, 1950
12
Gordon Parks

• He also wanted to show racial discrimination and
  injustice during the Civil Rights Movement.

Department StoreBirmingham, Alabama, 1956
13
Malcolm X was a leader during the Civil Rights
Movement.They became great friends.
Malcolm X Addressing Black Muslim Family Rally in
Chicago, 1963
14
Time Line
1912
1950s
1930s
1960s
2006
1970s
15
Gordon Parks

• He also told stories of other African-Americans
  during a Americas cultural revolution.

Muhammad Ali, 1970
16
Gordon Parks

• He did everything from photography to writing,
  music, and making movies.

Shaft, 1971
17
Gordon Parks

• When he was old, he started making abstract
  photography and paintings.
• He passed away in March 2006.

A Memory, 1993
18
What is Photography?

• Its Art using a camera and film.

19
Photography

• In photography, the camera is like the
  paintbrush, and the film is like the paper

20
Photography

• When the camera put the picture on the film, it
  makes a negative.
• The real picture shows up when you print it on
  paper.

21
Composition

• In Art, its important to think about where to
  put everything in a picture.
• Artists use the Elements of Art and the
  Principles of Design to compose an image.

22
Elements of Art

• Photography has
• Line
• Form
• Space
• Value
• Color

23
Photography has Lines

• Line is a dot that moves from one point to another

24
Photography has Lines

• What kind of lines do you see here?

Photo by Gordon Parks
25
Photography has Form

• Form is a 3D closed area.

26
Photography has Form

• What kind of form do you see?

27
Photography has Space

• Space is the area around

Photo by Andy Goldsworthy
28
Photography has Value

• Value is light and dark.

The Fontanelle FamilyBessie and Kenneth, Little
Richard, Norman Jr. and Ellenat the Poverty
Board in New York City, 1967
29
Photography has Color
30
Photo by Gordon Parks, 1962
31
Principles of Design

• Photography uses
• Emphasis
• Movement

32
Photography uses Emphasis

• Emphasis is the strongest area of the composition
  where all the attention goes

Ethel Shariff in Chicago, 1963
33
Photography uses Movement

• How can a photographer create Movement?

Photo By Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1932
34
Conclusion

• Photography is a new Art form
• Gordon Parks was a Photographer who painted
  important stories during important times during
  American History
• He used the Elements of Art and the Principles of
  Design to create is Photographs