To celebrate Black History Month, 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. From the Gordon Parks Foundation: "Gordon Parks was one of the seminal figures of twentieth century photography. A humanitarian with a deep commitment to social justice, he left behind a body of work that documents many of the most important aspects of American culture from the early 1940s up until his death in 2006, with a focus on race relations, poverty, civil rights, and urban life. In addition, Parks was also a celebrated composer, author, and filmmaker who interacted with many of the most prominent people of his era - from politicians and artists to celebrities and athletes." Complete in class. FIVE paragraphs minimum; five sentences per paragraph.
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Nick Perez
3/1/2017 09:35:54 am
This is a interesting image of an African American family. The key component of the image is the man reading the mail to the family. The man just so happens to be a mailman, and the fact that he is reading the mail to the family shows that the family is unable to read. The family is living in a very dilapidated and poor area, as shown by the poor housing conditions. This image is meant to depict the difference between what is perceived and what is real.
Roman Ruiz
3/1/2017 09:43:16 am
This striking image shows a man that looks like a mailman reading the mail to a couple on top of a porch. this image has a very striking message to the audience, and shows that us as a nation have each others backs. This image is very striking because it shows that we are all one. This image has very good lighting, and the colors are correct.
Peyton Nebens
3/1/2017 09:45:50 am
This image is of an african american couple and their mail man reading them their mail. This photo was taken in 1956. So, back then not many african american people could read. So I really like this image. The lighting is natural lighting so it's very nice and pleasing to look at. 3/1/2017 09:48:16 am
This image is of an African American family opening their mail. It is using all the normal colors and not distorting any. The lighting is natural sunlight. The objects in the image are a house with a porch and another house in the background. In the picture the family is sitting on the front porch and opening their mail.
Harrison Fentress
3/1/2017 09:52:11 am
This is an image of the porch of a, in need of repair, house with the owners and mailman sitting there. It is of a house in Montgomery, Alabama in 1956. It is using warm colors to show the heat of where they live. The lighting is bright sunlight but they people are sitting in the shadow of their porch roof. The mailman is reading the mail to the residents because they can't read.
Will Thompson
3/1/2017 09:55:39 am
This image uses color to highlight certain parts of the picture. It uses the color of the clothes to draw the eyes out of the center of the image. The white clouds go very well with the color of the house. The dark under the house contrasts the sky. The green of the grass in the background compliments the blue sky.
Bo Yin
3/1/2017 09:57:44 am
The image is about a black family. The man is sitting and the woman is standing. There is also a mailman on the side. The picture uses white, which is the house, and green, which is the forest in the background. Although the picture has some really bright colors, the image looks a little dark because of the shadow. It uses natural light.
Sarah Marshall
3/1/2017 09:57:44 am
This image is of 3 african americans. They are sitting on the porch and there is a man reading to them. The man is a mailman and he is reading the peoples mail to them. He’s reading their mail because in the time that this was taken, many african americans couldn’t read. The artist uses dull colors to display sadness.
Karina Samuel
3/1/2017 09:59:13 am
This politically driven image depicts the society of African Americans in the rural deep south during the 1950s. Gordon Parks is the photographer that took this image in Montgomery, Alabama in 1956. The importance of this image is to visually show the conditions of African Americans during these turbulent times. Seeing the image makes the issue more real and personal for the public reading the magazines. This is the main objective for renowned photojournalists such as Gordan for Life magazine.
Daniel Herrera
3/5/2017 01:21:27 pm
In this image the man that send out the letters is reading to notes to the owners of the land (because they cannot read), the colors on this image stand out a lot, almost as if it was a LUT kind of style. This image is just a little over exposed so that the main characters in the photo can show up (due to light). Comments are closed.
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