Part 1
1) On the day Gordon Parks was born, how
did the doctor save Gordon's life?
The
doctor saved his live by having his sister dunk him in a tub of iced water.
2) Where was Gordon born? (What state?)
He
was born in Fort Scott, Kansas
3) What did Gordon's class adviser, Ms.
McClintock, tell him about college?
Since he was colored, it would be a waste of money because not
only would he be racially profiled, he probably did not have the intellect to
learn anything as he "wasn't college material".
4) How old was Gordon when his mother died?
He
was 14 years old.
5) Where did Gordon move after his mother
died?
He moved to Minnesota.
6) Did Gordon graduate from college?
He
did not.
7) How did Gordon begin his fashion
photography career?
He visited Frank Murphy, and Murphy's wife offered to let him
shoot models, which in return surprised them with how good Parks' photos came
out.
8) What is a "double exposure?"
When two exposures are made on the same film; when the camera
shutter opens twice.
9) Who was boxer Joe Louis?
A heavyweight boxing champion whose wife encouraged Parks to move
to Chicago to continue his career there.
10) What instrument did Gordon play?
He
played the piano.
11) What was the purpose of the Farm
Security Administration?
To
document the conditions of farms of the South during the Great Depression.
12) When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the
FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in Washington, D.C.?
To buy a top hat, eat at the restaurant across the street, and to
go watch a movie.
13) Who was Ella Watson?
Ella
Watson was the model in the painting "American Gothic".
14) What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?
From his feelings of racial segregation and discrimination he has
experienced throughout his life.
15) What did Gordon learn from Stryker
about photography?
That
the camera can be wielded to fight for civil rights, as well as how much
emotion a photograph can capture and induce.
Part 2
16) When did the FSA shut down?
The FSA shut down
in 1946.
17) After Gordon moved to New York, what magazine did he shoot for?
Gordon shot for the
fashion magazine Vogue.
18) Who was the picture editor of Life Magazine when Gordon walked
into the Life Magazine office?
The picture editor
was Wilson Hicks when Gordon walked in.
19) What was the first major story Parks covered for Life Magazine?
His first major
story was on the Harlem Gang Leader
20) Who were some of the artists that Gordon Parks mentioned
influenced his work after he moved to the Paris Life Magazine bureau?
He was
influenced by Picasso, Moliere, Prokofiev, Debussy, Bach, Ravel, Rachmaninoff,
Pablo Neruda, etc.
21) How did Parks shoot fashion when he lived in France?
He let the
models move around and he moved around with them keeping them in focus in the
camera.
22) Where was Parks' concerto performed?
It was performed in
Venice
23) Who was Parks' second wife? (Who was her father? What did she
do?)
Elizabeth Campbell;
she was model
24) How old was Flavio de Silva when Parks met him?
12 years old
25) When did Parks meet Flavio?
1961
26) Where did Flavio live when Parks first met Flavio and his
family?
He lived in the
slums in Brazil
27) How is Gloria Vanderbilt? Who is her famous son? Who are her
ancestors?
She was an
artist. Her son is Anderson Cooper, who is the anchor of CNN News. Her
ancestors are Vanderbilts and her parents are Gloria Morgan and Reginald
Claypoole Vanderbilt.
28) How did Vanderbilt describe their relationship
She described
it as being a reunion with an old friend they haven’t met in a long time,
because they did not have to act with common manners when meeting a new person
for the first time.
Part 3+4
1) What is your definition of successful?
My definition
of successful is to accomplish goals that you have set for yourself.
2) What have you given up to become successful?
I have given
up a lot of time that I could have spent doing things in occasions to become
successful in other occasions.
3) What did Parks give up to become successful?
He gave up a
lot of his family time with his wife and children to become successful
4) Who was Genevieve Young's father?
Her father
was one of the founding members of the United Nations and VK Wellington Kok.
5) How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and
eventual best-selling autobiography)?
He was offered
$10,000 to write his first book.
6) How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on
The Nation of Islam?
A million dollars.
7) Why did Parks refuse the money?
He was afraid
Muhammad would influence him to do the story.
8) What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree?
The lead actor in
the movie was African American.
9) What was significant about the character Shaft?
Everyone knew
who Shaft was because of his unique personality and how he would act before
thinking
10) What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons?
His choice of “weapon”
was his camera.
11) What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce?
She claimed
he was traveling too much and did not spend enough time with her.
12) In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What
recent feature film told the same story?
12 Years A Slave
told the same story.
13) Who was Gordon Parks Jr.?
Gordon Parks’ son.
14) What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo?
My favorite photo
of Gordon Parks’ is his photo named “American Gothic”
15) What will you remember about Gordon
Parks in ten years?
That he inspired
many people and the way he took photos.
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