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Ralph Ellison’s “Untitled” (New York City), 1940s,

captures fun, or is it terror?

 

Photograph:

The Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust

 

How Ralph Ellison’s World Became Visible

Before he became a writer,

Ralph Ellison was an emerging photographer.

Rarely-seen documentary images,

gathered in a forthcoming book

reveal his lifelong engagement with the camera.

NYT

Nov. 25, 2022    5:00 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/
arts/design/ralph-ellison-photographer-book.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In an untitled Ellison photograph from the 1940s,

a woman is being taken into custody by policemen.

 

The violence of the scene

seems to have leached into the photograph itself, with its tears.

 

They raise the unsettling question

that reverberates through “Invisible Man.”

 

In this crazy world,

how can we tell what is going on?

 

Photograph:

The Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust

 

How Ralph Ellison’s World Became Visible

Before he became a writer,

Ralph Ellison was an emerging photographer.

Rarely-seen documentary images,

gathered in a forthcoming book

reveal his lifelong engagement with the camera.

NYT

Nov. 25, 2022    5:00 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/
arts/design/ralph-ellison-photographer-book.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ralph Waldo Ellison    USA    1913-1994

 

Before he became a writer,

Ralph Ellison

was an emerging photographer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/
arts/design/ralph-ellison-photographer-book.html

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/
arts/design/ralph-ellison-photographer-book.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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