Black History Month February - Gordon Parks assignment 6 Winter 2019

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                             Gordon Parks, Assignment 6  
Due  February 25th                                              

                              

View:

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Art of Gordon Parks

                   Available through Films on Demand

                   access via South Seattle College Library 

Visit the Gordan Parks Foundation Website:

http://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/

Other Resources:   
Library of Congress (Farm Security Administration)
Life Magazine

Pinterest, ARTSTOR

Google Images

Find a real Life Magazine or a digital copy or another resource featuring work by Gordon Parks  Write a paragraph or 2 about 2 Gordon Parks photographs.  You might compare and contrast 3 different photos.    

Turn in your written assignment.  Be prepared to present a brief 3 minute presentation about your photos.

Here are a few Gordon Park contributions in Life Magazine:

 Red Jackson 1948, Flavio Brazil 1961, Fontanelles 1967, Paris 1952, Elvis 1950’s,  Duke Ellington 1960,  Black Panther Party 1969, 1970, Baptist Church 1953, Benedictine Monks 1955, Gordon Parks Fort Scott Kansas 

“Segregation Story” Gordon Parks Foundation

Gordon Parks, 1912 - 2006, Self Portrait 1941

Another longer film about Gordon Parks: