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

The Stranger

Artist Gordon Parks (American, 1912-2006)

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)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number84.269

Terms

Man
Shadows
African-American Artist

On View

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: 11/07/2003