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Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Emerging Man
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation

Emerging Man

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 7/8 in. (228.6 x 301.6 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 LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation
Object number2017.465
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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, 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
1952, printed 2017
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Alexander Calder
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1952, printed 2017
The Good Samaritan
The Good Samaritan
E. Hubert Deines
1935
Ball Room Dancers
Ball Room Dancers
Brian Lynch
ca. 1985
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
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
Beggar Woman and Child, Estoril, Portugal
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks
1950, printed 2017
Bessie and Little Richard the Morning After She Scalded Her Husband
Bessie and Little Richard the Morning After She Scalded Her Husband
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
Doug Barrett, Will the Hate End, 2020, inkjet print, 30 x 21 3/8 in., Kansas State University, …
Will the Hate End?
Doug Barrett
2020
No Precipitation
No Precipitation
Jonah Criswell
2013
Doug Barrett, You Can't Play Basketball, COVID Beginnings, May 2020, inkjet print, 20 x 30 in.,…
You Can't Play Basketball, COVID Beginnings
Doug Barrett
May 2020
Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500
Ron Kleemann
1978