Man Peeking from Manhole, Harlem, Gordon Parks

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Gordon Parks, Man Peeking from Manhole, Harlem
Gordon Parks, Man Peeking from Manhole, Harlem
Gordon Parks
Man Peeking from Manhole, Harlem
1952
Gordon Parks
1912–2006
Man Peeking from Manhole, Harlem, 1952
Where object was made: New York, United States
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 27.9 x 35.6 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 11 0.9843 x 14 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 x 20 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Friends of the Art Museum
Accession number: 1993.0046
Not on display
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Archive Label: Gordon Parks has enjoyed a long and successful career as an artist, working in poetry, fiction, autobiography, film, and ballet as well as in the medium for which he is best known, photography. During the 1940s he made photographs for the Farm Security Administration and the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, projects that documented American life during that time. He joined the staff of Life magazine in 1949 as its first African-American photographer, working in France, the United States, and Brazil. He retired from Life in the early 1970s and now makes film, writes, paints, and composes music, in addition to his photography.