Jimmie Mannas, No Way Out, Harlem, NYC, 1964

Jimmie Mannas: You know this photograph has always made me feel sad. I felt sad when I took it. And I feel sad every time I see it now. 

Narrator: Jimmie Mannas.

Jimmie Mannas: I mean if you look at the person, a Black male, his back is towards us. But you know he’s not a Wall Street person or a teacher or a chemist. You know, you know who he is. He’s a street person. Let’s leave it like that. And with the wall behind him and whatnot, in front of him rather, where’s he going? And that’s what hit me. What’s happening here? What is his life like? Where does he go from from this particular moment here, this 125,000th of a second?