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Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Mysticism that the hero finds in Harlem is represented b…
Mysticism that the hero finds in Harlem is represented by objects — both religious and superstitious — seen in a store window
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Mysticism that the hero finds in Harlem is represented b…
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Mysticism that the hero finds in Harlem is represented by objects — both religious and superstitious — seen in a store window, 1952, printed 2017, gelatin silver print 16 5/8 x 14 in., Kansas State University, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation, 2017.393 Image courtesy of and copyright by the Gordon Parks Foundation

Mysticism that the hero finds in Harlem is represented by objects — both religious and superstitious — seen in a store window

Portfolio/SeriesA Man Becomes Invisible, August 25, 1952
Artist (United States, 1912 - 2006)
Date1952, printed 2017
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsIMAGE: 16 5/8 x 14 in. (422.3 x 355.6 mm)
SHEET: 20 x 16 in. (508 x 406.4 mm)
FRAME: 27 x 21 in. (68.6 x 53.3 cm)
Object TypePhotographs
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation
Object number2017.393
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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

Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Emerging Man
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1952, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Alexander Calder
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1952, printed 2017
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
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
Title unknown (abstract drawing with bone-like objects)
Title unknown (abstract drawing with bone-like objects)
Undetermined
20th century
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Title unknown (Ellen, Harlem, New York), 1967, printed 2…
Title unknown (Ellen, Harlem, New York)
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1967, printed 2017
No Precipitation
No Precipitation
Jonah Criswell
2013
Reverend Zombie's Window; Strange Tomb
Reverend Zombie's Window; Strange Tomb
Renée Stout
2008
Reverend Zombie's Window
Reverend Zombie's Window
Renée Stout
2008
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, Untitled, 1952, printed 2017 Gelatin silver print 14 x…
Neighbors
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1952, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Indian Herb Store, Harlem, New York, 1952
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1952, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Muhammad Ali at Lord’s Cricket Ground, St. John’s Wood, London, England
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1966, printed 2017