# Ralph Ellison: Photographer

This webinar celebrates Ralph Ellison’s creativity and observation of African American life through discussion of Michal Raz-Russo and John F. Callahan’s collaboratively created book “Ralph Ellison: Photographer.” The book uses select photographs and historical documents from Ellison collections at the Library of Congress to explore Ellison (1913-1994) as a personal and professional freelance photographer, revealing an artistic side of Ellison that is not widely known to those who primarily appreciate him as a leading African American cultural critic, essayist and author of the acclaimed 1952 novel “Invisible Man.”

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2024
- Runtime: 58 min
- By: Raz-russo, Michal
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-9918/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-9918?play=1)