Movie Monday- Gordon Parks

1. Gordon was supposed to die after birth but the doctor managed to save his life.
2. Gordon was born in Fort Scott, Kansas.
3. Ms. McClintock told Gordon that very few Negroes go to college.
4. Gordon was 15 years old when his mother passed away.
5. Gordon moved to the streets when his mother passed.
6. Gordon graduated college when he was older.
7. Gordon began his fashion photography career by taking photo shoots of models.
8. A double exposure is a fatal error in photos caused by light exposure.
9. Joe Louis was a heavyweight boxing champion.
10. Gordon played the piano.
11. The Farm Security Administration chronicled the dark side of Chicago's South Side.
12. Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in D.C. was to take pictures like the American Gothic.
13. Ella Watson was a photographer from the FSA.
14. Gordon's imagination was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic.
15. Gordon learned many things from Stryker about photography.