Two great collections in conversation paint a portrait of America, including a special section on Charles “Teenie” Harris and James Van Der Zee, photographers capturing the lived experience of the black middle-class in Pittsburgh and Harlem.

Image Credit: Gordon Parks, Emerging Man, Harlem, NY (detail), 1952, printed before 2006, gelatin silver print, 10 7/8 x 17 3/8 in., Carnegie Museum of Art, Purchase, The William T. Hillman Fund for Photography, Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation.