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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (United States, 1912 - 2006) Untitled, 1952, printed 201…
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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (United States, 1912 - 2006) Untitled, 1952, printed 201…
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (United States, 1912 - 2006) Untitled, 1952, printed 2017 Gelatin silver print 9 x 11 1/2 in. (228.6 x 292.1 mm) Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and The Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.438. Image courtesy of and copyright by The Gordon Parks Foundation.

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Portfolio/SeriesA Man Becomes Invisible, LIFE Magazine, August 25, 1952
Artist (United States, 1912 - 2006)
Date1952, printed 2017
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsIMAGE: 9 x 11 1/2 in. (228.6 x 292.1 mm)
SHEET: 11 x 14 in. (279.4 x 355.6 mm)
FRAME: 17 x 21 in. (43.2 x 53.3 cm)
Object TypePhotographs
Credit LineKansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and The Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.438. Image courtesy of and copyright by The Gordon Parks Foundation.
Object number2017.438
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LIFE photographer Gordon Parks, a friend of Author [Ralph] Ellison, was so moved by this story [the novel Invisible Man by Ellison] that he translated it into pictures. With Ellison’s help he re-created from the novel the scenes on these pages to show the loneliness, the horror and the disillusionment of a man who has lost faith in himself and his world.

– author unknown, LIFE, August 25, 1952

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