1. The doctor saved his life by dunking him into a tub of water and rubbing him against ice.
2. He was born in Ft. Scott, Kansas.
3. His class adviser told him that few negro students attended a college because they were not college material. She also told him not to waste his parents' money going to college and would probably just end up as porters or maids.
4. Gordon was 15 years old when his mother died.
5. Gordon moved to Minnesota, where his sister and brother-in-law lived.
6. Yes, he did graduate college.
7. He began his fashion career, when he offered to photograph three women for a clothing store. He accidentally double exposed his photos, but he was able to fix one. It was so impressive that Gordon was asked to provide the other prints, and when he explained his accident, Gordon was given another chance to take the photos. That was how Gordon began his fashion career.
8. It is the repeated exposure of a photographic plate or film to light, often producing ghost images.
9. Joe Louis was the husband of the woman who invited Gordon to Chicago for a photo shoot after seeing his photos.
10. Gordon played the piano.
11. The purpose of the Farm Security Administration was to combat American rural poverty during the Great Depression.
12. Stryker's first assignment for Gordon was to leave his camera behind and walk through Washington D.C.
13. Ella Watson was the woman who Gordon saw mopping the floor. He asked to take a photo of her in front of the American flag.
14. Gordon was inspired to take the photo after visiting Eldon, Iowa. He noticed a little wood farmhouse, where he imagined American Gothic people with long, stretched faces.
15. Gordon learned about how the people (models) in front of the camera were more important than the one behind it. He also learned about humanity.
16. The FSA was shut down in 1943.
17. After Gordon moved to New York, he shot for Vogue.
18. The picture editor of Life Magazine was Wilson Hicks.
19. Parks's first major story for Life Magazine covered the Harlem gang story crime across America.
20. One of the artists that Gordon Parks mentioned influenced his work was Van Gogh.
21. Parks shot fashion at a slow speed and by moving with the model to keep his subject in focus.
22. Parks' concerto was performed in Venice, Italy.
23. Parks' second wife was Elizabeth Campbell. She was the founder of WETA tv, a teacher, a college administrator, and an Arlington Public Schools board member. Elizabeth's father was a Moravian minister.
24. Flavio de Silva was 12 years old when Parks first met him.
25. Parks met Flavio in 1961.
26. Flavio de Silva lived in a shack in Rio de Janeiro with his family.
2. He was born in Ft. Scott, Kansas.
3. His class adviser told him that few negro students attended a college because they were not college material. She also told him not to waste his parents' money going to college and would probably just end up as porters or maids.
4. Gordon was 15 years old when his mother died.
5. Gordon moved to Minnesota, where his sister and brother-in-law lived.
6. Yes, he did graduate college.
7. He began his fashion career, when he offered to photograph three women for a clothing store. He accidentally double exposed his photos, but he was able to fix one. It was so impressive that Gordon was asked to provide the other prints, and when he explained his accident, Gordon was given another chance to take the photos. That was how Gordon began his fashion career.
8. It is the repeated exposure of a photographic plate or film to light, often producing ghost images.
9. Joe Louis was the husband of the woman who invited Gordon to Chicago for a photo shoot after seeing his photos.
10. Gordon played the piano.
11. The purpose of the Farm Security Administration was to combat American rural poverty during the Great Depression.
12. Stryker's first assignment for Gordon was to leave his camera behind and walk through Washington D.C.
13. Ella Watson was the woman who Gordon saw mopping the floor. He asked to take a photo of her in front of the American flag.
14. Gordon was inspired to take the photo after visiting Eldon, Iowa. He noticed a little wood farmhouse, where he imagined American Gothic people with long, stretched faces.
15. Gordon learned about how the people (models) in front of the camera were more important than the one behind it. He also learned about humanity.
16. The FSA was shut down in 1943.
17. After Gordon moved to New York, he shot for Vogue.
18. The picture editor of Life Magazine was Wilson Hicks.
19. Parks's first major story for Life Magazine covered the Harlem gang story crime across America.
20. One of the artists that Gordon Parks mentioned influenced his work was Van Gogh.
21. Parks shot fashion at a slow speed and by moving with the model to keep his subject in focus.
22. Parks' concerto was performed in Venice, Italy.
23. Parks' second wife was Elizabeth Campbell. She was the founder of WETA tv, a teacher, a college administrator, and an Arlington Public Schools board member. Elizabeth's father was a Moravian minister.
24. Flavio de Silva was 12 years old when Parks first met him.
25. Parks met Flavio in 1961.
26. Flavio de Silva lived in a shack in Rio de Janeiro with his family.
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