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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Raz-Russo, Michal
Art institute (Chicago, Ill.)
Titre(s) : Invisible man [Texte imprimé] : 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
Publication : Göttingen : Steidl ; New York : the Gordon Parks foundation, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (165 p.) : ill. en noir ; 30 cm
Comprend : Foreword / Douglas Druick and Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr. ; Introduction / Matthew S. Witkovsky ; Ralph Ellison and Gordon Parks in the labyrinth of Harlem / John F. Callahan ; Visible men / Michal Raz-Russo ; Harlem is now here / Jean-Christophe Cloutier ; Manuscripts: Harlem is nowhere, 1948 ; Plates: Harlem is nowhere, 1948 ; Plates: Harlem, 1943-1948 ; Plates: A man becomes invisible, 1952 ; Life magazine: A man becomes invisible, August 25, 1952 ; List of plates ; Biographies.
Note(s) : "The Art Institute of Chicago.". - "This publication accompanies an exhibition of the same name originating at the
Art Institute of Chicago (May 21-August 28, 2016)"--Colophon. - Includes bibliographical references
"It is relatively unknown that the photographer Gordon Parks was close friends with
Ralph Ellison, author of the acclaimed 1952 novel Invisible Man. Even less known is
the fact that their common vision of racial injustices, coupled with a shared belief
in the communicative power of photography, inspired collaboration on two important
projects, in 1948 and 1952. Capitalizing on the growing popularity of the picture
press, Parks and Ellison first joined forces on an essay titled 'Harlem Is Nowhere'
for '48: The Magazine of the Year. Conceived while Ellison was already three years
into writing Invisible Man, this illustrated essay was centered on the Lafargue Clinic,
the first non-segregated psychiatric clinic in New York City, as a case study for
the social and economic conditions in Harlem. He chose Parks to create the accompanying
photographs, and during the winter of 1948, the two roamed the streets of Harlem,
with Parks photographing under the guidance of Ellison's writing. In 1952 the two
collaborated again on 'A Man Becomes Invisible' for the August 25 issue of Life, which
promoted Ellison's newly released novel. This is the first publication on Parks' and
Ellison's two collaborations, one of which was lost, while the other was published
only in reduced form. Gordon Parks was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1912. In addition
to his storied tenures photographing for the Farm Security Administration (1941-45)
and Life (1948-72), Parks found success as a film director, introducing Blaxploitation
through his film Shaft (1971). Parks died in 2006. Ralph Ellison was born in Oklahoma
City in 1913. He enrolled at Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute in Macon County,
Alabama, as a music major and later turned to writing essays and short stories for
publications such as New Masses, The Negro Quarterly, The New Republic and Saturday
Review. Invisible Man won the National Book Award in 1953. Ellison published two collections
of essays: Shadow and Act (1964) and Going to the Territory (1986). He died in 1994"--Publisher
description
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Gordon Parks
- Autre forme du titre : Ralph Ellison in Harlem
Autre(s) titre(s) conventionnel(s) : [Exposition. Chicago, Art institute. 2016]
Sujet(s) : Parks, Gordon (1912-2006) -- Photographie
Ellison, Ralph (1914-1994). Invisible man
Noirs américains -- Conditions sociales -- 1945-1970
New York (N.Y., États-Unis) -- Quartier de Harlem -- 1945-1970
Genre ou forme : Photographie
Catalogues
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783958291096. - ISBN 3958291090
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45346146j
Notice n° :
FRBNF45346146
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