Today you will be writing about this image made by artist and photojournalist Gordon Parks. This image is from a series Parks completed for Life Magazine. Life sent Parks to Alabama in 1956 to document 3 black families during one of the most turbulent times in American history. The project was meant to show how ordinary black families truly lived in the Deep South during 1956, and the images would serve to counter the misinformation spread that a racially segregated society was good for everyone.
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Georgia Martinez
2/11/2022 07:09:40 am
This photo depicts a family outside of a convenience store. The dad is helping one of his daughters drink from the colored only water fountain. His other two daughters are gathered around him and there are two other ladies, maybe his wife and eldest daughter, waiting for the fountain too. Right next to the colored only fountain, there is a white only fountain that none of them are going near, even if they want water. On the convenience store window there are ads for different ice cream and drinks. They are wearing very traditional 50’s clothing, jewelry, and hairstyles. The picture is pretty well lit from the sun and there are plenty of everyday bright colors captured in the image.
Brooke Kapoor
2/11/2022 07:10:51 am
My first glance at this picture seemed bright and happy. However, a closer look at this photo and you see the 'white only' and 'colored only' water fountains. This photo makes me almost feel sick to see a beautiful family with beautiful children so alienated.
kendrick De Luna
2/11/2022 07:14:38 am
this image has a messages. as a father helps his daughter get water from a colored fountain. the picture is clear it was at the time when whites and blacks couldn't do anything together.
Alexis Block
2/11/2022 07:15:26 am
This photo has many colors in it, but the colors look more saturated to look like a photo taken in the 80’s. The colors aren't as bright and you can't see every different color because of the effect that is needed to make it look like it's from the 80’s. The lighting in the image also takes place in the daytime and so there are different shadows that are created from the sun. The objects that are included in the photo is a family that is showing all of the racism in that time period. There are two different fountains a white and colored fountain. This image is meant to show the racism and how these normally families who do nothing wrong are treated differently because of the color of their skin.
Owen Alvares
2/11/2022 07:19:47 am
The picture appears to be the outside of a ice cream shop. The ice cream shop has 2 water fountains one says “WHITE ONLY” and the other says “COLORED ONLY”. The picture is about the segregation in the 1950’s. The text that came along with the picture says there are 3 black families, however there are 2 adult woman and 1 adult man with 4 kids around the man. There are no other people in the picture.
Kaleb Yu
2/11/2022 07:26:19 am
The photo takes place outside of an ice cream store of sorts. Segration was a big deal at the time of the photo, which is made evident by the "blacks only" and "whites only" water fountains out on the sidewalk. The colors are pretty vibrant, which is reflected in the greens and whites on the subjects' clothes as well as the flashy advertisements for the various ice cream flavors. The image is of an African American girl drinking from a segregated water fountain. It also makes me feel hot, like it's 12:00 PM in the middle of July.
Ethan Green
2/11/2022 07:33:34 am
The picture shows the setting which is during the inequality of the usa in the middle 1900's. You can see the signs saying white only and how it is not equal in this time. you can see how people portray each other with the different water stations. they treat them almost like they are animals compared to them.
Will clanton
2/15/2022 06:28:13 pm
this image has a messages. as a father helps his daughter get water from a colored fountain. the picture is clear it was at the time when whites and blacks couldn't do anything together. Comments are closed.
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