Invisible man : Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem / Michal Raz-Russo ; with contributions by Douglas Druick, Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr., Matthew S. Witkovsky, John F. Callahan, and Jean-Christophe Cloutier.

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"By the mid-1940s, Gordon Parks was a successful photographer and Ralph Ellison began work on his acclaimed novel Invisible Man (1952). It is relatively unknown, however, that the two men were friends and that their common vision of racial injustice inspired collaboration on two important projects,...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Photographs. Selections
Main Author: Ellison, Ralph (Author)
Corporate Authors: Art Institute of Chicago (Host institution)
Gordon Parks Foundation (Publisher)
Other Authors: Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006 (Photographer)
Raz-Russo, Michal (Writer of added commentary, Organizer)
Druick, Douglas W. (writer of foreword.)
Kunhardt, Peter W., Jr., 1982- (writer of foreword.)
Witkovsky, Matthew S., 1967- (Writer of introduction)
Callahan, John F., 1940- (Writer of added commentary)
Cloutier, Jean-Christophe (Writer of added commentary)
Language:English
Published: Gottingen, Germany : Pleasantville, NY : Chicago, Illinois : Steidl ; Gordon Parks Foundation ; The Art Institute of Chicago, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Parks, Gordon, > 1912-2006 > Friends and associates > Exhibitions.
Ellison, Ralph > Friends and associates > Exhibitions.
Ellison, Ralph.
Parks, Gordon, > 1912-2006.
Documentary photography > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century > Exhibitions.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century > Exhibitions.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 20th century > Exhibitions.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Social life and customs > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Race relations > Pictorial works > Exhibitions.
African Americans.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Social life and customs.
Documentary photography.
Friendship.
Race relations.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Harlem.
1900-1999
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition, pictorial works.
History.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Pictorial works
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition, pictorial works.
History.
Physical Description:165 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Variant Title:
Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem.
Format: Book

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