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Invisible Man

Untitled

c.1980
(American, b. 1940)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 40.8 x 31 cm (16 1/16 x 12 3/16 in.); Paper: 50.3 x 40.3 cm (19 13/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2021.138
Location: not on view
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In addition to being the title of Shawn Walker’s series of photographs, Invisible Man is the title of an award-winning 1952 novel by African American author Ralph Ellison.

Description

This self-portrait gives us little idea of the photographer’s features other than his braids since we see only Walker’s silhouette reflected in a streaky window. The photographer looks at his own reflection and, simultaneously, directly at us. Walker has said, “I look into the intersections of dark and light, into the shadows that grow the seeds of existence.”
Untitled

Untitled

c.1980

Shawn Walker

(American, b. 1940)
America

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