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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Untitled, 1952, printed 2017 Gelatin silver print 14 x…
Neighbors
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Untitled, 1952, printed 2017 Gelatin silver print 14 x…
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Untitled, 1952, printed 2017 Gelatin silver print 14 x 18 in., Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.372 Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation.

Neighbors

Portfolio/SeriesA Man Becomes Invisible, LIFE Magazine, August 25, 1952
Artist (United States, 1912 - 2006)
Date1952, printed 2017
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsIMAGE: 14 x 18 in. (355.6 x 457.2 mm)
SHEET: 16 x 20 in. (406.4 x 508 mm)
FRAME: 21 x 27 in. (53.3 x 68.6 cm)
Object TypePhotographs
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation
Object number2017.372
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Description

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

Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Newt’s mother, Sarah Winger, was the all-pervasive infl…
Newt’s mother, Sarah Winger, was the all-pervasive influence in his life. In a long evening walk… she tried to impart to him her deep sense of religion
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1963, printed 2017
Image Not Available for LIFE Magazine
LIFE Magazine
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
May 31, 1963
Image Not Available for LIFE Magazine
LIFE Magazine
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
November 1, 1948
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
In their home outside Algiers, Parks photographed Cleaver and his wife Kathleen beneath a picture of Huey P. Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party, who is now in prison for manslaughter, from the series Black Panthers: The Hard Edge of Confrontation
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1970, printed 2017
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Untitled (The Shadow Searcher), 1958, printed 2017, gela…
2017.405
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1958, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Spanish Fashion 1950
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1950, printed 2017
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Norman Sr., 1967, printed 2017 Gelatin silver print 12…
Norman Sr.
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1967, printed 2017
Manhattan Mercury special insert celebrating the paper’s centennial
Manhattan Mercury special insert celebrating the paper’s centennial
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1984
Gordon Parks Festival Brochure, 1973, photomechanical reproduction, 8 7/8 x 6 7/8 in., CM8,2024
Gordon Parks Festival Brochure
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1973
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, In the evening their mother shops for the cheapest food …
In the evening their mother shops for the cheapest food she can find
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1967, printed 2017
Antiquary 1 (Goodnow House)
Antiquary 1 (Goodnow House)
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1984
The Concerned Photographer 2
The Concerned Photographer 2
Gordon Parks, Jr.
1972