Difference between revisions of "Walker Evans"

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|caption = Walker Evans photographed by Janice Lewitt, 1938-40.
 
|caption = Walker Evans photographed by Janice Lewitt, 1938-40.
 
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'''Walker Evans''' (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression.
 
'''Walker Evans''' (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression.
In 1941, Evans's photographs and [[James Agee]]'s text detailing the duo's stay with three white tenant families in southern Alabama during the Great Depression were published as ''Let Us Now Praise Famous Men''.
 
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==
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* Virginia-Lee Webb, ''Perfect Documents-Walker Evans and African Art, 1935'', MoMa, 2000
 
* Virginia-Lee Webb, ''Perfect Documents-Walker Evans and African Art, 1935'', MoMa, 2000
  
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==External links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Evans Evans on Wikipedia]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Evans Evans at Wikipedia]
  
 
[[Category:Photography|Evans, Walker]]
 
[[Category:Photography|Evans, Walker]]

Revision as of 13:02, 19 January 2014


Walker Evans photographed by Janice Lewitt, 1938-40.
Born November 3, 1903(1903-11-03)
St. Louis, Missouri, US
Died April 10, 1975(1975-04-10) (aged 71)
New Haven, Connecticut, US

Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression.

Literature

  • Caroline Blinder (ed.), Critical Essays on James Agee and Walker Evans: Perspectives on Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, 2010
  • Virginia-Lee Webb, Perfect Documents-Walker Evans and African Art, 1935, MoMa, 2000

External links