Gordon Parks (1912 - 2006) Emerging Man (from the Invisible Man series). Harlem, New York, 1952. Silver print (c. 1970). Signature and address of the photographer in felt pen on the reverse. 28 x 35.5 cm Bibliography: - "A Man Becomes Invisible" in Life, 25 August 1952. - Peter W. Kunhardt, Paul Roth, Gordon Parks collected works study, Göttingen, Steidl, 2017. - Invisible Man. Gordon Parks and Ralph Ellison in Harlem, Göttingen, Steidl, 2016, p. 151. The Invisible Man is based on the novel by Ralph Ellison, one of the first African-American authors to write about the black condition in the United States. The book won the National Book Award in 1953. Gordon Parks (1912-2006) Emerging Man (from the series Invisible Man). Harlem, New York, 1952. Gelatin silver print (c. 1970). Photographer's signature and address in ink on verso. 28 x 35.5 cm