fb pixcode

PUBLISHER
Steidl/The Gordon Parks Foundation/The Art Institute of Chicago

BOOK FORMAT
Clth, 9.75 x 11.5 in. / 128 pgs / 79 bw.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Active

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: SPRING 2016 p. 5   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9783958291096 TRADE
List Price: $45.00 CAD $60.00

AVAILABILITY
Out of stock

TERRITORY
NA ONLY

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Chicago, IL
The Art Institute of Chicago, 05/21/16–08/28/16

THE FALL 2024 ARTBOOK | D.A.P. CATALOG

Artbook | D.A.P. Catalog Cover Link
Preview our FALL 2024 catalog, featuring more than 500 new books on art, photography, design, architecture, film, music and visual culture.
  

STEIDL/THE GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION/THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem

Foreword by Peter W. Kunhardt Jr., Douglas Druick. Introduction by Matthew S. Witkovsky, John F. Callahan. Text by Michal Raz-Russo, Jean-Christophe Cloutier.

Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem

Parks and Ellison collaborated on two historic photo-essays, now published in full for the first time

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.


Featured image is reproduced from Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem.

PRAISE AND REVIEWS

Artforum

Solveig Nelson

Illuminating both the parallels and divergences between Parks's and Ellison's work, this show promises a new perspective on the pair's joint use of photography during the civil rights movement, a period of heightened attention to the rhetoric of images.

On the Seawall

Michal Raz-Russo

...captures the rich expressiveness of their work in an austerely designed format that honors both the imagery and the prose and invites the reader to linger over the page.

Hyperallergic

John Edwin Mason

Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison, two of the 20th century’s most celebrated artists, shared a vision of what it meant to be black in the US. Parks, a photographer and filmmaker, and Ellison, a novelist and essayist, collaborated twice on projects that revealed, through words and images, what they believed to be essential aspects of the African American condition. Although the collaborations differed in form, the sensibility that animated them was the same, and so was the setting — Harlem.

Time, Best Photobooks of 2016

Liz Ronk

brings together the important collaboration between two artistic geniuses…the relevance of social change has never rung so true.

Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem

STATUS: Out of stock

Temporarily out of stock pending additional inventory.

FROM THE ARTBOOK BLOG

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 5/23/2016

Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem

Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem

Shot for the 1952 photo essay A Man Becomes Invisible, published in the August 25 issue of Life magazine, Gordon Parks' "Untitled, Harlem, New York" is reproduced from Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem, Steidl's fascinating and expertly composed catalog to the exhibition currently on view at the Art Institute of Chicago. This landmark publication reunites for the first time two little-known journalistic collaborations between the renowned photographer and equally influential writer which illuminated the black experience in postwar America. Most of the photographs, including this one, were never published at the time they were made, and are seen here for the first time, alongside other archival materials, including unpublished manuscripts by Ellison with handwritten notes. continue to blog


FROM THE ARTBOOK BLOG

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 5/20/2016

Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem at Art Institute of Chicago

Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem at Art Institute of Chicago

Opening this weekend at the Art Institute of Chicago, Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem reunites for the first time two little-known collaborations between the renowned photographer and writer which aimed to make the black experience visible in postwar America. Their 1948 photo essay, "Harlem Is Nowhere," produced for ’48: The Magazine of the Year was lost, and only a fragment of their 1952 “A Man Becomes Invisible” was published in Life. See video below.
continue to blog


BLACK ART & CULTURE

Adam Pendleton: As Heavy as Sculpture

ADAM PENDLETON: AS HEAVY AS SCULPTURE

D.A.P.

ISBN: 9781636810270
USD $100.00
| CAD $136 UK £ 79

Pub Date: 9/14/2021
Active | In stock


Adam Pendleton: Pasts, Futures, and Aftermaths

ADAM PENDLETON: PASTS, FUTURES, AND AFTERMATHS

DABA/Koenig Books

ISBN: 9781734681710
USD $45.00
| CAD $61

Pub Date: 9/28/2021
Active | In stock


Adam Pendleton: Who Is Queen?

ADAM PENDLETON: WHO IS QUEEN?

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633451100
USD $45.00
| CAD $61

Pub Date: 10/12/2021
Active | In stock


African Art

AFRICAN ART

Skira

ISBN: 9788857208695
USD $70.00
| CAD $90

Pub Date: 9/25/2012
Active | In stock


Afro-Atlantic Histories

AFRO-ATLANTIC HISTORIES

DelMonico Books/Museu de Arte de São Paulo

ISBN: 9781636810027
USD $49.95
| CAD $75 UK £ 44.99

Pub Date: 12/7/2021
Active | In stock


Among Others: Blackness at MoMA

AMONG OTHERS: BLACKNESS AT MOMA

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633450349
USD $65.00
| CAD $82

Pub Date: 8/20/2019
Active | In stock


Barkley L. Hendricks: Basketball

BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS: BASKETBALL

Skira/Jack Shainman Gallery

ISBN: 9788857241487
USD $25.00
| CAD $35

Pub Date: 10/6/2020
Active | In stock


Basquiat's "Defacement"

BASQUIAT'S "DEFACEMENT"

Guggenheim Museum

ISBN: 9780892075485
USD $29.95
| CAD $39.95 UK £ 24.95

Pub Date: 7/23/2019
Active | In stock


Black Fire! New Spirits!

BLACK FIRE! NEW SPIRITS!

Soul Jazz Books

ISBN: 9780957260016
USD $49.95
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 5/31/2014
Active | In stock


Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style

BLACK IVY: A REVOLT IN STYLE

Reel Art Press

ISBN: 9781909526822
USD $49.95
| CAD $64.95

Pub Date: 12/21/2021
Active | In stock


Black Lives 1900: W.E.B. Du Bois at the Paris Exposition

BLACK LIVES 1900: W.E.B. DU BOIS AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION

Redstone Press

ISBN: 9781942884538
USD $35.00
| CAD $39.95 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 10/29/2019
Active | In stock


Bodys Isek Kingelez

BODYS ISEK KINGELEZ

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633450547
USD $35.00
| CAD $47.5

Pub Date: 5/22/2018
Active | In stock


Charles White: Black Pope

CHARLES WHITE: BLACK POPE

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633450271
USD $26.95
| CAD $37

Pub Date: 10/24/2017
Active | In stock


Four Generations

FOUR GENERATIONS

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9781941366264
USD $55.00
| CAD $75 UK £ 50

Pub Date: 11/26/2019
Active | In stock


Get Out

GET OUT

Inventory Press

ISBN: 9781941753286
USD $19.95
| CAD $29.95 UK £ 17.5

Pub Date: 11/26/2019
Active | In stock


Gordon Parks: Pittsburgh Grease Plant, 1944/46

GORDON PARKS: PITTSBURGH GREASE PLANT, 1944/46

Steidl/The Gordon Parks Foundation/Carnegie Museum of Art

ISBN: 9783969990056
USD $65.00
| CAD $88

Pub Date: 6/28/2022
Active | In stock


Jack Whitten: Odyssey

JACK WHITTEN: ODYSSEY

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9781941366172
USD $55.00
| CAD $72.5 UK £ 50

Pub Date: 6/12/2018
Active | In stock


Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series

JACOB LAWRENCE: THE MIGRATION SERIES

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633450400
USD $39.95
| CAD $59.95

Pub Date: 2/28/2017
Active | In stock


Jean-Michel Basquiat

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775725934
USD $65.00
| CAD $87

Pub Date: 11/30/2010
Active | In stock


Jean-Michel Basquiat

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT

Skira

ISBN: 9788876242649
USD $65.00
| CAD $85

Pub Date: 7/12/2005
Active | In stock


Lee Friedlander: Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom

LEE FRIEDLANDER: PRAYER PILGRIMAGE FOR FREEDOM

Eakins Press Foundation

ISBN: 9780871300713
USD $45.00
| CAD $55 UK £ 40

Pub Date: 9/15/2015
Active | In stock


Michael Jackson: On the Wall

MICHAEL JACKSON: ON THE WALL

National Portrait Gallery

ISBN: 9781855147119
USD $49.95
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 8/28/2018
Active | In stock


Muhammad Ali: Fighter's Heaven 1974

MUHAMMAD ALI: FIGHTER'S HEAVEN 1974

Reel Art Press

ISBN: 9781909526389
USD $49.95
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 8/23/2016
Active | In stock


Namsa Leuba: Crossed Looks

NAMSA LEUBA: CROSSED LOOKS

Damiani

ISBN: 9788862087520
USD $55.00
| CAD $75

Pub Date: 11/30/2021
Active | In stock


Pathé'O

PATHé'O

Edition Patrick Frey

ISBN: 9783907236239
USD $70.00
| CAD $101.5

Pub Date: 11/7/2023
Active | In stock


Separate Cinema: The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art

SEPARATE CINEMA: THE FIRST 100 YEARS OF BLACK POSTER ART

Reel Art Press

ISBN: 9781909526068
USD $49.95
| CAD $73

Pub Date: 10/6/2014
Active | In stock


Shantell Martin: Lines

SHANTELL MARTIN: LINES

HENI Publishing

ISBN: 9781912122271
USD $45.00
| CAD $62

Pub Date: 4/7/2020
Active | In stock


Somaya Critchlow: Paintings

SOMAYA CRITCHLOW: PAINTINGS

skira

ISBN: 9788857244815
USD $40.00
| CAD $56

Pub Date: 3/22/2022
Active | In stock


Sanlé Sory: Volta Photo

SANLé SORY: VOLTA PHOTO

Steidl/The Art Institute of Chicago

ISBN: 9783958294004
USD $40.00
| CAD $54

Pub Date: 6/26/2018
Active | In stock


Soul of a Nation

SOUL OF A NATION

D.A.P./Tate

ISBN: 9781942884170
USD $45.00
| CAD $62

Pub Date: 9/26/2017
Active | In stock


Sue Kwon: RAP IS RISEN

SUE KWON: RAP IS RISEN

Testify Books

ISBN: 9781732062917
USD $60.00
| CAD $80 UK £ 50

Pub Date: 11/16/2021
Active | In stock


The Journey: New Positions in African Photography

THE JOURNEY: NEW POSITIONS IN AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHY

Kerber

ISBN: 9783735606822
USD $69.95
| CAD $97.95

Pub Date: 4/13/2021
Active | In stock


The Soul of a Nation Reader

THE SOUL OF A NATION READER

Gregory R. Miller & Co.

ISBN: 9781941366325
USD $39.95
| CAD $55.95 UK £ 34.99

Pub Date: 6/1/2021
Active | In stock


Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts

WHITEWALLING: ART, RACE & PROTEST IN 3 ACTS

Badlands Unlimited

ISBN: 9781943263141
USD $19.99
| CAD $27.95

Pub Date: 5/22/2018
Active | In stock


Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists

YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK: A NEW GENERATION OF ARTISTS

D.A.P.

ISBN: 9781942884590
USD $49.95
| CAD $69.95 UK £ 45

Pub Date: 9/22/2020
Active | In stock


GORDON PARKS MONOGRAPHS + ARTIST'S BOOKS

Gordon Parks: Herklas Brown and Maine, 1944

GORDON PARKS: HERKLAS BROWN AND MAINE, 1944

Steidl/The Gordon Parks Foundation/Bowdoin College Museum of Art

ISBN: 9783969993620
USD $65.00
| CAD $95

Pub Date: 12/31/2024
Forthcoming


Gordon Parks: Born Black

GORDON PARKS: BORN BLACK

Steidl/The Gordon Parks Foundation

ISBN: 9783969992289
USD $65.00
| CAD $88

Pub Date: 6/25/2024
Active | In stock


Gordon Parks: American Gothic

GORDON PARKS: AMERICAN GOTHIC

Steidl/The Gordon Parks Foundation/Minneapolis Institute of Art

ISBN: 9783969992517
USD $65.00
| CAD $95

Pub Date: 4/23/2024
Active | Out of stock


Gordon Parks: Stokely Carmichael and Black Power

GORDON PARKS: STOKELY CARMICHAEL AND BLACK POWER

Steidl/The Gordon Parks Foundation/Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

ISBN: 9783969990940
USD $50.00
| CAD $68

Pub Date: 9/27/2022
Active | In stock


Gordon Parks: Segregation Story

GORDON PARKS: SEGREGATION STORY

Steidl/The Gordon Parks Foundation

ISBN: 9783969990261
USD $65.00
| CAD $88

Pub Date: 9/27/2022
Active | In stock


Gordon Parks: Pittsburgh Grease Plant, 1944/46

GORDON PARKS: PITTSBURGH GREASE PLANT, 1944/46

Steidl/The Gordon Parks Foundation/Carnegie Museum of Art

ISBN: 9783969990056
USD $65.00
| CAD $88

Pub Date: 6/28/2022
Active | In stock


Gordon Parks: The Atmosphere of Crime, 1957

GORDON PARKS: THE ATMOSPHERE OF CRIME, 1957

Steidl/The Gordon Parks Foundation

ISBN: 9783958296961
USD $50.00
| CAD $65

Pub Date: 6/16/2020
Active | Out of stock


Gordon Parks: Muhammad Ali

GORDON PARKS: MUHAMMAD ALI

Steidl/The Gordon Parks Foundation/The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

ISBN: 9783958296190
USD $55.00
| CAD $75

Pub Date: 2/11/2020
Active | Out of stock


Gordon Parks: The New Tide

GORDON PARKS: THE NEW TIDE

Steidl/Gordon Parks Foundation/National Gallery of Art

ISBN: 9783958294943
USD $65.00
| CAD $92

Pub Date: 11/20/2018
Active | Out of stock


Gordon Parks: The Flavio Story

GORDON PARKS: THE FLAVIO STORY

Steidl/The Gordon Parks Foundation

ISBN: 9783958293441
USD $65.00
| CAD $87

Pub Date: 5/22/2018
Active | Out of stock


Gordon Parks: I Am You

GORDON PARKS: I AM YOU

Steidl/The Gordon Parks Foundation/C/O Berlin

ISBN: 9783958291829
USD $50.00
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 11/22/2016
Active | Out of stock


Invisible Man: Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem

INVISIBLE MAN: GORDON PARKS AND RALPH ELLISON IN HARLEM

Steidl/The Gordon Parks Foundation/The Art Institute of Chicago

ISBN: 9783958291096
USD $45.00
| CAD $60

Pub Date: 6/28/2016
Active | Out of stock


Gordon Parks: Collected Works

GORDON PARKS: COLLECTED WORKS

Steidl

ISBN: 9783869305301
USD $185.00
| CAD $250

Pub Date: 11/30/2012
Active | Out of stock


Gordon Parks: The Making of an Argument

GORDON PARKS: THE MAKING OF AN ARGUMENT

Steidl

ISBN: 9783869307213
USD $40.00
| CAD $54

Pub Date: 10/1/2013
Active | Out of stock


Gordon Parks: A Harlem Family

GORDON PARKS: A HARLEM FAMILY

Steidl

ISBN: 9783869306025
USD $40.00
| CAD $54

Pub Date: 1/15/2013
Active | Out of stock