I have always loved this photo. You can almost feel the heat of all the bulbs and the damp, musky smell of a basement apartment.
After ‘Invisible Man’ by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue 1999–2000
Transparency in lightbox 1740 x 2505 mm
Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, on permanent loan to the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Cinematographic photograph
© The artist
Source: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/jeffwall/rooms/room6.shtm