Emerging man, Harlem, New York
- Title:
- Emerging man, Harlem, New York
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
Inequality and legacies of discrimination - Creator:
- Parks, Gordon
- Creation Date:
- 1952
- ID Number:
- 2015
- File Name:
- 2015.006.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Photojournalism
Press photography
New York
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Ellison, Ralph
Black life in the United States - Measurement:
- 27.9 x 35.6 (Sheet) (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- A Black man emerges from a manhole onto an empty street in Harlem, NY at dusk or dawn. Camera is at street level and only the top part of his face is visible, along with his fingers on the lip of the opening. He has a crease across this forehead and is looking directly into the camera. The space around him is indistinct, the pavement extends ahead of him, and the sky or wall above is featureless, on either side are darker masses or trees or buildings that give the impression of a vanishing point somewhere behind his head.
- Notes:
- Matted gelatin silver print. This image is from a Life magazine excerpt of Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man"
- Cite As:
- Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006), Emerging Man, Harlem, New York, 1952. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 27.9 x 35.6 cm. Acquired through the Cronkhite Art Purchase Endowment; the Deborah Goodman Davis, Class of 1985, and Gerald R. Davis, Class of 1984, Fund; and the Jennifer, Gale, and Ira Drukier Fund, 2015.006.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
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