Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.

The Stranger

Artist Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006)

CultureAmerican

Date1958

MediumDye transfer print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 12 11/16 × 19 3/8 in. (32.2 × 49.2 cm)
Overall, Support: 20 1/16 × 28 in. (51 × 71.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number84.269

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a dye transfer print photograph.

Label TextGordon Parks American (b. 1912) The Stranger, 1958 Dye transfer print Museum Purchase 84.269 ~ One of the major living African-American photographers, Gordon Parks began his career working under Roy Stryker at the Farm Security Administration. He was self-taught and received the first Julius Rosenwald Fellowship in 1942. He later worked for LIFE magazine and the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. In addition to his skills as a photographer, Parks is also a writer of novels, a composer, a musician, and a filmmaker. In 1985, Parks was featured in a solo exhibition at the Chrysler Museum. This is one of six of his photographs in the collection. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 11/07/2003ProvenanceAlex Rosenberg Gallery Exhibition History"Gordon Parks Photographs," Modern Art Galleries, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., March 26 - June 2, 1985. "A History of Photography: 15 Years at the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., September 11, 1993 - March 6, 1994. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. Published ReferencesBrooks Johnson, _Photography Speaks: 150 Photographers on Their Art_ (New York: Aperture Foundation, 2004), 216-217.